Senior Supply Chain Development Manager - Reading

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

Benefits offered by this job

9-day working fortnight

270 hours annual leave

Pension scheme (9%–13%)

Professional development funding

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Job summary

AWE plc is recruiting a Senior Supply Chain Development Manager in Reading. You will help deliver a coherent, enterprise-wide approach to supply chain development across the business, supporting procurement and tendering for the replacement warhead programme.

You will report to the Principal Supply Chain Development Manager and craft frameworks, standards and tools to strengthen supplier relationships and drive performance, including ESG and social value objectives. Hybrid working is encouraged.

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience in supply chain development and SRM.
• Experience designing governance frameworks, policies and operating models.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive ESG/sustainability objectives.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain supplier governance and SRM frameworks aligned to business goals.
• Drive supplier segmentation and performance management across AWE.
• Develop supply chain policies, procedures, standards, tools and templates.
• Lead supplier engagement programmes and collaboration across Commercial, Programme and Supply Chain.

Skills

Supply chain development

Supplier Relationship Management

Strategy development

Stakeholder influence

Governance frameworks

Sustainability & ESG

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Job description

Senior Supply Chain Development Manager - Reading

2026-09-26T00:00:00

Pangbourne

Berkshire

GB

RG8 7

Any

2026-12-26T19:01:40.25

Senior Supply Chain Development Manager - Reading, Berkshire, Rg2 6UA

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary: 63,270 - 85,000 per annum

Senior Supply Chain Development Manager Package:

63,270 to 85,000 (depending on experience)

Location:

Reading, with free onsite parking. Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day. This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week. We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply.

Overview:

Ready to play your part? At AWE, it's not just a job, it's far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

The Senior Supply Chain Development Manager plays a pivotal role within a newly established Supply Chain Development team, responsible for enabling the Commercial function to deliver a coherent, strategic, and enterprise-wide approach to supply chain development across AWE. The role supports the organisation through a significant period of procurement and tendering activity associated with the replacement warhead programme, ensuring that supply chain capability frameworks are established and embedded across the business.

Reporting to the Principal Supply Chain Development Manager, the role is accountable for developing supply chain management frameworks, methodologies, standards, tools, and best practices that strengthen supplier relationships, improve supply chain performance, and position AWE as a Client of Choice. The role also leads the team in advancing sustainability, social value, and supplier inclusion objectives.

Key Accountabilities:

• Accountable for establishing and maintaining a robust supplier governance methodology and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) framework that supports strategic business objectives.
• Accountable for ensuring consistent supplier segmentation and performance management approaches are adopted across AWE.
• Accountable for the creation and maintenance of supply chain policies, procedures, standards, tools, and templates.
• Accountable for driving improvements in supplier relationship maturity and embedding best-practice supplier management principles.
• Accountable for delivering initiatives that enhance AWE's position as a preferred customer within key supply markets through the Client of Choice strategy.
• Accountable for the successful planning and delivery of supplier engagement programmes, forums, and communication activities.
• Accountable for embedding ESG, supplier diversity, SME participation, and social value considerations into supply chain development activities.
• Accountable for building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring effective collaboration across Commercial, Programme, and Supply Chain communities.
• Accountable for development of a high performing Supply Chain Development Team.

Experience Required:

• Proven professional experience in supply chain development and SRM.
• Experience in developing strategy and SME strategies aligned with wider supply development strategies.
• Experience working collaboratively with and influencing senior business stakeholders.
• Designing and implementing supply chain governance frameworks, policies, procedures, and operating models.
• Incorporating sustainability, ESG, social value, supplier diversity, and SME participation objectives into procurement strategies.
• Ability to develop and implement enterprise-wide supply chain frameworks and governance models.
• Strong credibility with senior leaders, suppliers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to design, implement, and embed new processes and ways of working to enhance supply chain performance.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex and ambiguous environments.
• Role model for innovation and continuous improvement.

What We Offer:

• 9-day working fortnight with every other Friday off, plus 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (9% to 13%).
• Family-friendly policies including 39 weeks full pay maternity leave and 4 weeks full pay paternity leave.
• Opportunities for professional development, including funding for relevant professional memberships.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4x annual salary).
• Discounts on various everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy for volunteering, public service, and caring responsibilities.

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