World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit a Supply Chain Manager subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract.

Rate: £50.00 per hour
Location: Stevenage or Bolton, depending on your preference.
Hybrid / Remote working: 2 days onsite per week
Contract: 37 Hours per week
Overtime: Hours worked over 37 hours per week will be calculated at ’time and a quarter’
Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter)
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)

Supply Chain Manager Job Description:

An opportunity has arisen for a Supply Chain Manager to join ISP in the Equipment’s team. The successful candidate will bring their experience and knowledge to ensure effective Supplier performance, capability & Risk management. As a team, we work across all programmes in a changing environment, managing and implementing both mature and new technologies.


Responsibilities /Skillset/experience required:

*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
*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.
*A proven ability to: *Demonstrated ability to improve Supplier Performance (Delivery and Quality)using appropriate tools and lean methodologies
*Managing a portfolio of suppliers on a day to day basis and reporting into designated project the performance and supply chain risk
*Assess supply chain and suppliers capability to meet delivery profile for both current state vs Future state
*Competent in creating/ validating process flows, lead time analysis, understanding capacity bottlenecks, yield, resources and sub-tier mapping activities to form an industrial view of supplier
*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
*Identify, Escalate and mitigate potential Supply Chain Risks and put in place associated improvement and mitigation plans. Manage risks to closure
*Conducting analysis and providing/delivering executive summaries