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Supply chain hiring in 2026: the roles in demand

Planners, buyers and S&OP leads are scarce. This is how employers are winning them over.

Ben Thackray
Consultant

Planners are the pinch point

This year, demand and supply planners are harder to find than procurement or logistics managers.

Flexibility counts on site too

Even site-based operations jobs draw more applicants when shift patterns and start times are on the advert.

Don’t hang about

Good operations candidates are usually in other processes too. Two interview stages is plenty for most jobs.

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