Supply Chain Manager

Company: Line Up Aviation
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Location: Bolton
Job Description:

An opportunity has arisen with my client for a Supply Chain Manager to join them on a 6-month contract. As the Supply Chain Manager, you will bring your experience and knowledge to ensure effective Supplier performance, capability & Risk management.

Contract Details

  • Pay: Up to £50 per hour via umbrella
  • Location: Bolton / Stevenage
  • Contract: 6 months
  • Hours: Monday – Friday, 37 hours per week
  • Security Clearance: BPSS, must be able to achieve Security clearance

Responsibilities

  • Improve Supplier Performance (Delivery and Quality) using appropriate tools and lean methodologies
  • Conducting analysis and providing/delivering executive summaries
  • Identify, Escalate and mitigate potential Supply Chain Risks and put in place associated improvement and mitigation plans. Manage risks to closure
  • Assess supply chain and suppliers capability to meet delivery profile for both current state vs Future state
  • Creating/ validating process flows, lead time analysis, understanding capacity bottlenecks, yield, resources and sub-tier mapping activities to form an industrial view of supplierSkills/Experince

Qualifications

  • Ideally a degree calibre Supply Chain professional with experience of international working in high technology companies.
  • Experience of supply chain management in the Aerospace, Defence or Manufacturing environments.
  • Hold excellent problem‑solving skills and understanding of techniques such as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) to develop and implement root cause analysis and improvement plans within Supply Chain.
  • Internal and external assessment skills/knowledge; Business maturity, planning & control, relationship management, manufacturing excellence etc…
  • Strong interpersonal skills – ability to further develop his / her network
  • It would be desirable if you have SC21 Practitioner experience
  • Very good negotiating and influencing skills
  • Objective driven, determination to succeed
  • Excellent communication skills: able to communicate verbally, in writing and present to at all levels of business

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Posted: May 31st, 2026