Supply Chain Director

Overview

Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a market leading Aerospace organisation to recruit a Supply Chain Director for an initial 6 Month contract. There is a rate of GBP600-GBP750 Per Day Umbrella on offer for the successful candidate. The role would be based at my clients offices in Wolverhampton through we would expect that there will be some hybrid working.

Responsibilities

• Leading the end-to-end supply chain across two UK aerospace manufacturing sites
• Owning and executing the UK supply chain strategy aligned to business and customer requirements
• Full accountability for all direct material spend, including raw materials and engineered components
• Driving cost reduction, value engineering, and total cost of ownership initiatives
• Negotiating and managing strategic supplier agreements
• Ensuring continuity of supply, capacity assurance, and supplier risk mitigation
• Leading supplier performance across OTIF, quality, cost, and delivery
• Ensuring materials availability to support production plans and programme commitments
• Improving S&OP, MRP effectiveness, inventory optimisation, and working capital performance
• Embedding a continuous improvement culture across procurement, planning, and logistics
• Leading structured improvement initiatives to eliminate root cause issues
• Building, developing, and holding accountable a high-performing, multi-site supply chain team

Essential skills

• Senior supply chain leadership experience within aerospace or a similarly regulated manufacturing environment
• Proven ownership of direct spend and complex supplier networks
• Excellent commercial capability with confident supplier negotiation experience

Desirable skills

• Track record of delivering cost, delivery, and supply resilience improvements
• Experience leading multi-site supply chain teams
• Comfortable operating at pace in a demanding, high-accountability environment
• Degree qualified (Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business)
• Lean / Six Sigma or equivalent continuous improvement experience
• Experience supporting NPI or programme ramp-ups

Simply hit the ‘Apply Now’ button for immediate consideration.

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