Milex SLICT Manager

Leonardo UK Ltd; Yeovil; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexi-days (up to 12)

Pension 15% employer contrib

Mental health support

Bonus scheme

Online courses (Coursera/LinkedIn)

Referral programme

Flexible benefits up to £500

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd in Yeovil is seeking a highly driven SLICT Manager to lead the material service delivery for Military Export contracts, ensuring robust inventory and availability planning globally.

You will build and lead a team of Availability Officers and Controllers, drive cross-functional collaboration with Procurement, Logistics, Programmes, Engineering, and MRP, and manage risks to protect customer satisfaction while delivering operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated capability to influence at senior levels.
• Deep understanding of customer planning, operations and material supply.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, senior management, and key stakeholders, ensuring material delivery issues are clearly communicated and effectively managed.
• Lead, manage, and develop a team of Availability Officers and Controllers, ensuring the successful delivery of material solutions to meet customer requirements worldwide.
• Oversee Availability and Sustainment activities, ensuring material and operational supply needs are consistently achieved.
• Collaborate across Procurement, Logistics, Programmes, Engineering, and MRP to ensure effective prioritisation and material flow.
• Monitor programme performance data to proactively identify risks and protect customer satisfaction.
• Represent Material Services at customer reviews and deputise for the Delivery Manager when required.
• Manage and prioritise asset allocation, ensuring impact assessments and senior stakeholder briefings are completed where necessary.
• Escalate material-related issues appropriately to the Head of Material Services.
• Support internal reporting including forecasting, variance analysis, and root cause identification.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Influence senior stakeholders

Aerospace logistics

Inventory management

Job description

Job Description

Are you a highly driven and strategic Manager with experience in Supply Chain and Logistics? At Leonardo Helicopters, we have an opportunity for a Supply Logistics Inventory Control Team (SLICT) Manager to lead the delivery of the Material Service element for our Military Export (MILEX) contracts.

Your Impact

This pivotal role ensures effective material support to our global customer base, delivering against contractual commitments while driving cost efficiencies and supporting business performance. Operating at the heart of contract delivery, this role has wide-reaching influence across customer processes, strategy, resource planning, training, budget management, and asset accountability. You will play a key role in enhancing platform support and delivering operational excellence. For the awareness of internal applicants: this is a JFF level 6 position.

What you will do as a SLICT Manager

• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, senior management, and key stakeholders, ensuring material delivery issues are clearly communicated and effectively managed.


• Lead, manage, and develop a team of Availability Officers and Controllers, ensuring the successful delivery of material solutions to meet customer requirements worldwide.


• Oversee Availability and Sustainment activities, ensuring material and operational supply needs are consistently achieved.


• Collaborate across Procurement, Logistics, Programmes, Engineering, and MRP to ensure effective prioritisation and material flow.


• Monitor programme performance data to proactively identify risks and protect customer satisfaction.


• Represent Material Services at customer reviews and deputise for the Delivery Manager when required.


• Manage and prioritise asset allocation, ensuring impact assessments and senior stakeholder briefings are completed where necessary.


• Escalate material-related issues appropriately to the Head of Material Services.


• Support internal reporting including forecasting, variance analysis, and root cause identification.

What you will bring

• Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams, delivering excellent internal and external customer service.


• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships.


• Demonstrated capability to influence at senior levels within customer and industry environments.


• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience engaging across all organisational levels.


• Strong problem-solving and solution development skills, applied within operational environments.


• In-depth understanding of customer planning, operations, and material supply/inventory management processes.


• Proven track record in logistics management within an aerospace environment.


• Strong knowledge of logistics and material supply techniques.


• Experience leading teams in complex, high-demand commercial environments.


• Experience managing complex contractual arrangements, including service delivery, inventory, and financial performance.


• Awareness and understanding of customer operations and aircraft usage.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.


• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.


• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).


• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.


• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.


• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.


• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.


• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options.

For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK.

Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers.

If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

Primary Location: GB - Yeovil - Lysander Rd

Contract Type: Permanent

Hybrid Working: Hybrid International, multicultural, innovative, technological: this is Leonardo.

The company’s passionate and talented team is strongly influenced by STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) expertise, with a diverse range of experience that enables colleagues to share knowledge and know-how across the generations.

Leonardo always wants to expand its talent pool, here you can find the right opportunity for you!