Supply Chain Manager

DEA Aviation Ltd.; Retford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company is seeking a Supply Chain Manager to drive supply chain efficiency. Responsibilities include developing strategies, overseeing procurement, and ensuring compliance with aviation industry standards. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in supply chain management within a regulated environment and holds a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. This role also involves team leadership and implementing risk management strategies. Competitive benefits are offered.

Benefits

4% Pension Contribution

Death in Service Benefit

Perkbox Discount Scheme

Home and Electrical Salary Sacrifice

Specsavers Voucher

Flu Shot Voucher

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years in Supply Chain Management, preferably in aerospace.
• Demonstrable working knowledge of an ERP system and supply chain software.
• Familiarity with aviation regulations related to parts acceptance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement supply chain strategies.
• Oversee procurement function and manage supplier relationships.
• Optimize inventory control processes.
• Lead logistics planning for aircraft parts distribution.
• Ensure compliance with aviation regulations.
• Identify risks and implement contingency plans.
• Monitor and report supply chain KPIs.
• Provide leadership and team management.

Skills

Procurement Expertise

Strategic & Analytical Thinking

Communication & Negotiation

Leadership

Process Improvement

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

Tools

ERP system (e.g., SAP, Oracle, AMOS)

Job description

Supply Chain Manager

Department: Business Development

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Gamston Airport, Retford

Reporting To: Gracious Vandenberg-Slowey

Responsible for all aspects of supply chain management for a busy aerospace company. This includes driving and leading the end-to-end supply chain process, from strategic sourcing and procurement to inventory management, logistics, and compliance with aviation industry standards. The role is critical to ensuring the availability of parts and materials outcomes to support DEA’s engineering, maintenance, and flight operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Supply Chain Strategy: Develop and implement supply chain strategies that align with DEA's operational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Procurement & Sourcing: Oversee the procurement function, identifying suppliers where required, managing supplier selection, contract negotiation, and ongoing performance to ensure quality, cost-efficiency, and on-time delivery outcomes.
• Inventory Management: Optimize inventory control processes for all aircraft components and raw materials to ensure availability of critical stock while minimizing excess and obsolete parts.
• Logistics & Distribution: Lead logistics planning, ensuring the correct identification, traceability, storage, and timely release of aircraft parts to maintenance hangars and third‑party customers.
• Compliance: Ensure strict compliance with all relevant aviation regulations, import/export controls (including HM Revenue and Customs legislation and other trade controls), and internal quality procedures.
• Risk Management: Identify potential supply chain risks and implement contingency plans to mitigate disruptions, such as parts shortages, delivery delays or even alternative suppliers.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor and report key performance indicators (KPIs) for supply chain efficiency, such as lead time, fill rate, and proactively identify cost savings.
• Team Leadership: Provide short‑term planning, scheduling of team workload, daily task allocation, and performance monitoring for direct reports and work as part of an integrated project team to deliver outcomes.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential requirements/Qualifications:

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Supply Chain Management, with a significant portion in the aerospace or a highly regulated engineering/manufacturing environment.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• System Proficiency: Demonstrable working knowledge and experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system (e.g., SAP, Oracle, AMOS) and supply chain software.
• Procurement Expertise: Proven ability to strategically source, manage a portfolio of suppliers, and negotiate complex contracts, demonstrating commercial awareness.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with aviation industry standards and regulatory compliance (e.g., EASA/CAA/FAA requirements related to parts acceptance and traceability and trade controls).

• Strategic & Analytical Thinking: Ability to think long-term, align supply chain with business objectives, and use a data‑driven approach for problem‑solving and decision‑making.
• Communication & Negotiation: Excellent written and verbal communication, relationship management, and negotiation skills for building positive relationships with suppliers and internal teams.
• Leadership: Strong leadership, team management, and coaching skills to drive operational excellence and team development and able to operate as part of a project team to deliver outcomes.
• Process Improvement: Knowledge of Lean principles or certification (e.g., Lean Six Sigma, APICS CPIM/CSCP) to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Risk Management: Strong understanding of risk mitigation and contingency planning to address potential supply chain interruptions.

Job Benefits

• 4% Pension Contribution
• Death in Service Benefit
• Perkbox Discount Scheme
• Home and Electrical Salary Sacrifice
• Specsavers Voucher
• Flu Shot Voucher