Senior Supply Chain Manager
Location: Barrow‑in‑Furness (Hybrid & Flexible Working Available). Salary: Up to £65,000 Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits
This is your opportunity to take ownership within a high‑tech defence manufacturing environment, delivering at scale on one of the UK's most complex and strategically significant programmes. Work on a long‑term, nationally significant programme with real‑world impact. Joining a stable, well‑funded environment with long‑term career growth and progression. If you're an experienced supply‑chain professional ready to step into a high‑impact leadership role, this is where your expertise will shape outcomes on a national scale.
What's In It For You
- Competitive salary + car allowance
- Strong pension offering
- Private healthcare and wellbeing benefits
- Flexible benefits including green car schemes and lifestyle discounts
- Annual incentive opportunities
- Relocation support available (subject to eligibility)
What You'll Be Driving
You’ll take the lead across a critical supplier landscape, ensuring delivery, performance, and strategic alignment across a major programme.
- Lead and inspire a team of supply chain professionals, managers and subcontractors to deliver against an ambitious supply chain strategy
- Own and manage a portfolio of business‑critical suppliers, ensuring performance, resilience and value
- Build powerful relationships across internal functions and external partners to drive programme success
- Negotiate complex, high‑value contracts within regulated defence and government frameworks
- Develop and execute robust Contract Management Plans that ensure control, compliance and continuous improvement
- Hold accountability for supplier performance—past, present and future—ensuring delivery against key metrics
What You Bring
You're already operating at a senior level and thrive in complex, high‑stakes environments.
- 5+ years' experience in procurement or supply chain within large‑scale programmes, defence manufacturing or major subcontracting environments
- Strong track record in contract strategy, negotiation and supplier management
- Proven leadership capability – able to build, develop and motivate high‑performing teams
- Commercially astute, confident operating within structured and regulated frameworks with a mindset that values collaboration, innovation and diversity of thought
Applicants must be based in the UK to commit to the hybrid working requirement and hold current/valid UK RTW. All applicants must, as a minimum, achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard/security vetting checks.
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