Sebastian Szabla

Commercially driven Supply Chain & Operations Leader with 8+ years' experience delivering operational transformation, commercial growth and end-to-end supply chain excellence across national multi-site businesses. Currently leading the UK supply chain supporting 12 restaurants, managing procurement, supplier performance, inventory, logistics, forecasting, commercial negotiations and new site mobilisation. Delivered £1.15M verified savings across 2025–2026 while managing approximately £10M annual supplier spend.

Previously led six restaurants and over 80 managers, transforming the lowest-performing restaurant into the highest-performing location in the UK with 50% year-on-year growth.

Supply Chain Manager at JOLLIBEE UK (2024-08 – Present)

Lead the end-to-end UK supply chain supporting 12 restaurants and national expansion.

• Manage approximately £10M annual supplier spend and 10 strategic supplier partnerships.
• Deliver procurement strategy, inventory optimisation, forecasting and logistics performance.
• Negotiate commercial agreements that generated £800k savings in 2025 and £350k in 2026.
• Improve OTIF to 98%, reduce supplier lead times by 22% and reduce stock shortages by 30%.
• Produce executive KPI reporting using NetSuite, SAP, Macromatix and Advanced Excel.

Regional Manager at JOLLIBEE UK (2022-07 – 2024-08)

Led six restaurants with responsibility for 12 Store Managers, 12 Assistant Managers and approximately 60 Shift Managers.

• Full accountability for P&L, labour, food cost, customer experience, compliance and operational performance.
• Turned the lowest-performing restaurant into the highest-performing restaurant in the UK, delivering 50% YoY growth.

Area Manager at YO! Sushi / Panku (2019-10 – 2022-06)

• Managed 15 locations, supplier collaboration, inventory performance, cost control and new store openings.

Assistant General Manager at Nando's UK (2018-03 – 2019-10)

• Managed high-volume operations, procurement, inventory, labour planning and people development.

Level 5 Diploma in Operations Management

Level 5 Diploma in Human Resources Management

BA (Hons) in National Security