Supply Chain Manager
14 days ago
Bolton
MERITUS are recruiting for a Supply Chain Manager to join our Defence client on an initial 6 month contract within their equipment's team in Bolton. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGER - INSIDE IR35 - £50 PER HOUR - BOLTON, GREATER MANCHESTER - 6 MONTHS - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS Overview of the Department An opportunity has arisen for a Supply Chain Manager to join an equipment-focused team. The successful candidate will use their experience and knowledge to support effective supplier performance, capability, and risk management. The team operates across multiple programmes within a dynamic environment, managing and implementing both established and emerging technologies. Responsibilities, Skills & Experience Required • Strong internal and external assessment capabilities, including:, • Business maturity, • Planning and control, • Relationship management, • Manufacturing excellence, • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and expand professional networks, • Desirable: SC21 Practitioner experience, • Very good negotiating and influencing skills, • Results-oriented with a strong drive to succeed, • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to:, • Communicate verbally, • Communicate in writing, • Present at all levels of the businessExperience & Capability, • Ideally degree-qualified (or equivalent) Supply Chain professional with experience working internationally in high-technology environments, • Experience in supply chain management within:, • Aerospace, • Defence, • Manufacturing, • Proven ability to:, • Improve supplier performance (delivery and quality) using appropriate tools and lean methodologies, • Manage a portfolio of suppliers on a day-to-day basis, including performance reporting and supply chain risk management, • Assess supplier capability against delivery requirements, including current and future state analysis, • Create and validate process flows, conduct lead time analysis, and identify capacity bottlenecks, yield, resources, and sub-tier mapping to build an overall supplier view, • Apply structured problem-solving techniques (e.g. DMAIC: Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) to conduct root cause analysis and implement improvement plans, • Identify, escalate, and mitigate supply chain risks, managing them through to resolution, • Conduct analysis and deliver executive-level summaries