Senior Supply Chain Development Leader – Hybrid (Reading)

AWE plc; Sonning Eye; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day fortnight

270 hours annual leave

Pension scheme

Maternity/Paternity leave

Career development funding

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

AWE plc are recruiting a Senior Supply Chain Development Manager to lead a new team delivering coherent, enterprise-wide supply chain development across the organisation. You will enable procurement and tendering activity for the replacement warhead programme, establishing capability frameworks and embedding them across the business.

You will report to the Principal SCM, develop frameworks, standards, tools, and best practices to strengthen supplier relationships and performance, while advancing

Qualifications

• Proven experience in developing supply chain strategy and SRM.
• Experience designing governance frameworks and operating models.
• Experience shaping sustainability, social value, and supplier diversity objectives.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain supplier governance and SRM frameworks.
• Drive supplier segmentation and performance management across the business.
• Create and maintain supply chain policies, standards, tools, and templates.
• Improve supplier relationship maturity and embedding best-practice principles.
• Deliver initiatives to enhance Client of Choice with key suppliers.
• Plan and deliver supplier engagement programmes and forums.
• Embed ESG, supplier diversity, SME participation and social value into activities.
• Build relationships with stakeholders across Commercial, Programme and Supply Chain.

Skills

Strategy development

SRM

Stakeholder influence

Governance design

Sustainability & ESG

Leadership

Job description

AWE plc are recruiting a Senior Supply Chain Development Manager to lead a new team delivering coherent, enterprise-wide supply chain development across the organisation. You will enable procurement and tendering activity for the replacement warhead programme, establishing capability frameworks and embedding them across the business.

You will report to the Principal SCM, develop frameworks, standards, tools, and best practices to strengthen supplier relationships and performance, while advancing