Supply Chain Director in City of London

Energy Jobline ZR; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Housing Association in London is seeking a Director of Supply Chain to transform its management structure. This hybrid role involves overseeing a central team, developing strategic plans, and ensuring continuous improvement in vendor relationships and compliance. The ideal candidate has proven senior leadership experience in supply chain management and is familiar with category management and procurement regulations.

Benefits

Benefits

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Proven experience in senior supply chain leadership roles.
• Deep understanding of category management, risk, and compliance.
• Expertise in supply chain technology and public sector procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic transformation of Supply Chain management.
• Set strategic plan for Supply Chain within a hub and spoke model.
• Develop robust category management approach to streamline vendor relationships.
• Ensure Supply Chain framework aligns with corporate strategy.
• Drive continuous improvement and adaptation to new legislation.

Skills

Senior supply chain leadership

Category management

Risk and compliance

Supply chain technology (ERP)

Team leadership and development

Education

MCIPS / CSCP

Advanced Practitioner status for the Procurement Act 2023

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Job Description

Director, Supply Chain | C. £110,000 + Benefits | Permanent | London | Hybrid

For one of the UKs leading Housing Associations, we’re recruiting their Supply Chain Director. Reporting to the CFO, this is a key leadership role leading the strategic transformation of Supply Chain management across the organisation. The Supply Chain Director will lead a central team of 4, whilst working strategically with the wider Heads of Procurement and Commercial teams to set the Supply Chain strategy, and develop, embed, and continuously improve the Supply Chain framework across 4000 suppliers and £1.5Bn spend.

Main Duties

• Leading and setting the strategic plan for Supply Chain, operating within a ‘hub and spoke’ model
• Lead the development of a robust category management approach (which will be delivered by ‘spokes’) to streamline vendor relationships and reduce risk
• Develop Group-wide Supply Chain framework (end-to-end), ensuring alignment to corporate strategy, legislation and category management
• Ensure Supply Chain framework is embedded, and subject to continuous improvement
• Apply data and insight to inform and drive decision-making across spend landscape, supplier rationalisation, and efficiency savings across the Supply Chain framework
• Utilise data to identify and evaluate emerging Supply Chain trends, opportunities and best-practices, and drive continuous improvement
• Lead horizon scanning for new legislation, policy and procedures, and ensure the organisation adapt in alignment with corporate strategy and strategic risk
• Partner with Strategy and Performance and OD teams to ensure SOPs and training is rolled out across the Supply Chain framework
• Embed a culture of communication and collaboration practices between the Supply Chain ‘hub’ and Commercial ‘spokes’.
• Leadership, management and coaching of Supply Chain ‘hub’ team
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across departments to embed the Supply Chain framework, and report and update on performance, and challenges to leadership team

Person Specification

• Proven track record in senior supply chain leadership roles with a deep understanding of category management, risk and compliance
• Expert in supply chain tech (e.g., ERP) and deep Public Sector procurement and Regulatory experience
• Track record of leading and developing high-performing teams
• MCIPS / CSCP highly desirable as is Advanced Practitioner status for the Procurement Act 2023

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