Supply Chain Manager

Overview

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.

• Role: Supply Chain Manager
• 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
• Conduct analysis and provide/deliver 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
• Create/validate process flows, lead time analysis, understand capacity bottlenecks, yield, resources and sub‑tier mapping activities to form an industrial view of supplier skills/experience

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 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 network
• 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 all levels of business

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