Strategic Supply Chain Lead — 12-Month FTC

Disturbia; Cramlington; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Annual leave + bank holidays

Free Parking

CSR days

Staff allowance and discount

Office snacks

Social fund

Team outings

Job summary

Disturbia is seeking a Supply Chain Manager for a 12-month FTC in Cramlington. You will lead supplier operations, sustainability, and processes development to enhance performance and responsible sourcing.

You will partner across Buying, Merchandising and Product teams to drive supplier lifecycle management, compliance, reporting and continuous improvements in efficiency. The role requires strong data skills, proactive problem solving and ability to navigate multi-stakeholder priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience in supplier operations, sourcing and related supply chain roles.
• Strong understanding of supplier standards, ethical trading and compliance documentation.
• Ability to manage supplier relationships and performance expectations.
• Ability to simplify processes and create tools to increase visibility and efficiency.
• Experience with KPIs and dashboards to monitor risks and opportunities.
• Proven stakeholder management with internal teams and suppliers.
• Commercial awareness of cost, lead times and delivery impact.
• Proactive and able to resolve supplier or process challenges.

Responsibilities

• Supplier lifecycle management from onboarding to records maintenance.
• Define and maintain supplier requirements across standards and sustainability.
• Improve processes, reporting tools and dashboards for visibility.
• Partner with Buying, Merchandising, Product Development, Technical, Quality, Finance and Logistics.
• Identify risks and drive efficiencies to improve supplier performance.
• Manage packaging, labels and trims supplier-facing requirements.

Skills

Supplier operations

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Reporting

Communication

Commercial awareness

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

PLM/ERP

Compliance trackers

Job description

Disturbia is seeking a Supply Chain Manager for a 12-month FTC in Cramlington. You will lead supplier operations, sustainability, and processes development to enhance performance and responsible sourcing.

You will partner across Buying, Merchandising and Product teams to drive supplier lifecycle management, compliance, reporting and continuous improvements in efficiency. The role requires strong data skills, proactive problem solving and ability to navigate multi-stakeholder priorities.