Strategic Sourcing & Resilience Lead

Eaton Group; Cheltenham; Vor Ort; GBP 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Eaton Group in Cheltenham is seeking a Head of Sourcing and Resilience to lead strategic sourcing, supplier performance and supply chain resilience activities, aligning the supply base to customer commitments and growth.

The role sits within the Supply Chain Leadership Team and drives sourcing strategy, supplier risk management, inventory optimisation and organisational capability across the supply chain, with a focus on aerospace-grade standards and continuous improvement.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing or Business.
• MCIPS or equivalent professional qualification.
• Leadership experience within aerospace, defence or a similarly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Strong background in strategic sourcing, supplier management and category leadership.
• Experience managing supplier risk, resilience and business continuity programmes.
• Demonstrated success reducing sole-source dependency and improving supplier performance.
• Strong commercial, contractual and stakeholder management capability.
• Experience supporting New Product Introduction and complex programme environments.

Aufgaben

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies across electronics, PCBAs, mechanical commodities, indirect procurement and new programmes.
• Lead supplier selection, contract negotiations and strategic supplier partnerships.
• Deliver cost competitiveness through value engineering, supplier development and total cost of ownership improvements.
• Support make-versus-buy decisions and supplier footprint optimisation.
• Ensure sourcing decisions balance cost, quality, delivery, inventory and risk.
• Own the site's supply chain resilience strategy and supplier risk governance framework.
• Maintain visibility of supplier financial health, capacity, business continuity, geopolitical exposure, cybersecurity and material availability risks.
• Lead reviews of all sole-source and single-source components, ensuring mitigation plans are in place and actively managed.
• Drive risk reduction through dual sourcing, supplier diversification, inventory buffering, long-term agreements and alternative technology solutions.
• Partner with Engineering and Quality to eliminate sole-source dependencies through redesign, requalification and standardisation initiatives.
• Lead supplier recovery and escalation activities where delivery, quality or capacity threaten customer commitments.
• Ensure continuity plans exist for critical suppliers, materials and technologies.
• Lead strategic supplier reviews and performance improvement activities.
• Improve supplier delivery, quality, responsiveness and capacity readiness.
• Sponsor supplier development and continuous improvement programmes.
• Support bids, new product introductions and programme launch through early supplier engagement and readiness reviews.
• Leverage supplier capability to improve affordability, manufacturability and programme execution.

Kenntnisse

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Risk management

Leadership

Contract negotiations

Stakeholder management

Aerospace knowledge

Ausbildung

Degree in Supply Chain/Engineering/Manufacturing/Business

MCIPS or equivalent

Tools

AS9100 knowledge

Export controls knowledge

Jobbeschreibung

Eaton Group in Cheltenham is seeking a Head of Sourcing and Resilience to lead strategic sourcing, supplier performance and supply chain resilience activities, aligning the supply base to customer commitments and growth.

The role sits within the Supply Chain Leadership Team and drives sourcing strategy, supplier risk management, inventory optimisation and organisational capability across the supply chain, with a focus on aerospace-grade standards and continuous improvement.