Senior Supply Chain Leader for Advanced Manufacturing & NPI

Alloyed; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alloyed seeks a Senior Supply Chain Manager to lead end-to-end supply chain across product development, industrialisation, and production at our Yarnton site, with occasional travel to other UK locations. You will drive material planning, procurement, supplier management, inventory, and shopfloor logistics, ensuring materials are available when needed.

You will build scalable processes, establish ERP/MRP disciplines, and lead cross-functional teams in a hands-on, proactive leadership style to

Qualifications

• Significant experience in supply chain, procurement, material planning, logistics, or operations within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Proven experience leading supply chain and operational teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong working knowledge of MRP, ERP, purchasing, inventory management, and production planning.
• Experience managing suppliers, including sourcing, negotiation, performance management, and supplier recovery.
• Experience overseeing warehouse, logistics, or material-handling activities within an active manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage changing priorities and make decisions using incomplete information.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• A hands-on, proactive, and accountable approach, with the ability to work at both strategic and operational levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Supply Chain, Warehouse, and Logistics teams, creating a culture of ownership, accountability, and proactive problem-solving.
• Build scalable and standardised supply chain processes to support production growth and changing programme requirements.
• Translate production demand into clear material, purchasing, supplier, and inventory plans.
• Manage supplier sourcing, negotiation, performance, capacity, and recovery, balancing quality, delivery, cost, and security of supply.
• Identify long-lead items, shortages, capacity constraints, and supply risks, putting recovery and contingency plans in place before they affect production.
• Establish effective ERP and MRP disciplines, maintaining accurate purchasing, inventory, planning, and supplier data.
• Define inventory and safety-stock strategies that protect production while controlling working capital and excess stock.
• Establish and monitor supply chain KPIs covering material availability, supplier performance, inventory accuracy, risks, and recovery actions.
• Oversee warehouse and shopfloor logistics, including goods receipt, storage, picking, kitting, line-side delivery, internal material movement, and dispatch.
• Maintain safe, efficient, and traceable material-flow processes, including 5S, FIFO, stock control, cycle counting, and segregation of non-conforming material.
• Work closely with Production, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Programme teams to manage changing priorities, engineering changes, and New Product Introduction.

Skills

Supply chain leadership

Procurement planning

Production planning

Supplier management

Material planning

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Hands-on leadership

Education

Degree in related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Alloyed seeks a Senior Supply Chain Manager to lead end-to-end supply chain across product development, industrialisation, and production at our Yarnton site, with occasional travel to other UK locations. You will drive material planning, procurement, supplier management, inventory, and shopfloor logistics, ensuring materials are available when needed.

You will build scalable processes, establish ERP/MRP disciplines, and lead cross-functional teams in a hands-on, proactive leadership style to