Supplier Manager

Marshall Land Systems; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Pension 9%

Private medical insurance

Flexible benefits

Cycle to Work

Life assurance 4x salary

Parental leave

Job summary

Marshall Land Systems in Cambridge is seeking a Purchasing & Supply Chain team member who will work in a cross functional project team to manage and report supplier performance, cost, quality and delivery, ensuring material cost stays within budget and supplier compliance.

You will manage relationships with key suppliers, align contract deliverables, run regular project reviews, track risks, and provide monthly performance status reports to the Head of Subcontract Management.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in project and/or subcontractor management.
• Awareness of ERP software, ideally IFS.
• APM certification is an advantage, CIPS is not essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage the relationship with all key suppliers across the project.
• Ensure alignment on contractual deliverables and documentation (T&Cs, SOW, Schedule).
• Facilitate regular project reviews with suppliers and functional leaders.
• Manage non-compliances with contract; escalate to Bid Procurement/Category Team as needed.
• Track and review supplier risks against the programme; provide monthly status reports.

Skills

Strong communication

Project management

Negotiation

Commercial acumen

Multi-tasking

Supplier management

Cross-functional

ERP familiarity

IFS knowledge

International suppliers

APM certification

CIPS knowledge

Job description

A Purchasing & Supply Chain team member who is part of a cross functional project team, alongside other project roles accountable for managing and reporting all supplier and subcontractor delivery performance (cost, quality and delivery). A key aspect of this position will be to ensure that material cost is managed to the budget baseline and supplier/subcontractor compliance is managed to ensure delivery of contractual deliverables and identifying and mitigating all risks that may affect this.

Job Description

• Manage the relationship with all key suppliers across the project
• Ensure clear alignment between Marshall and all Suppliers on all key contractual deliverables and documentation as Terms and Conditions, Statement of Work and Schedule of requirements.
• Facilitate regular project reviews with all appropriate suppliers invited all necessary functional leaders as required
• Manage any non-compliances of suppliers to the contract seeking specialist support from the Bid Procurement Team or Category Team as required
• Tracking and regularly review supply and supplier risks against the programme
• Provide monthly subcontractor performance status reports to Head of Subcontract management project managers
• Ensuring all suppliers execute their responsibilities under the contract
• Validate and approve supplier payments in accordance with the contract

Tasks

• Develop and sustain strong relationships with all key project, business and functional stakeholders
• Provide weekly 4-Box reports detailing Successes Opportunities Failures and Threats (SOFT) to project managers and Head of Subcontract Management

Apply if you have most of the following

• Strong Communication Skills
• Awareness of Project Management
• Strong Negotiator
• Strong Commercial acumen
• Ability to multi-task
• At least 5 years of experience in project and/or subcontractor management
• Awareness of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software ideally IFS
• Successful track record of managing a variety of suppliers / contracts
• Cross functional working
• International supplier management
• APM certified – an advantage
• CIPS – not essential

Benefits

• 27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy /sell).
• Pension contributions up to 9%.
• Private medical insurance.
• Extensive flexible benefit program including Cycle to Work.
• Life assurance at 4x basic salary.
• Enhanced parental leave and pay.
• Paid volunteering leave.
• Access to industry leading wellbeing resources and tools.

Introduction to Marshall Land Systems

Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.