Supply Chain Manager: Third Party Companies

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); Brentford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading elevator and escalator company is looking for a Field Supply Chain Manager to enhance their new equipment and modernization business in London/Leicester. The successful candidate will lead supply chain strategies to improve cost and quality, negotiate contracts, and manage relationships with key stakeholders. Strong leadership and strategic sourcing skills are essential for this role. This position offers a dynamic work environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Full training in supply chain

European project exposure

Opportunities for career growth

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in driving large scale organizational and process change.
• Ability to influence without direct authority in a matrixed organization.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and handle multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Develop supply chain strategies and models to optimize total cost, capacity, quality, and delivery.
• Negotiate frameworks and agreements to address capacity and cost savings.
• Work with external stakeholders to ensure competitive bidding processes.

Skills

Leadership capabilities

Strategic thinking

Sourcing skills

Negotiation skills

Adaptability

Job description

Overview

Date Posted: 2025-08-01
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Otis Vantage London, 10th Floor, Great West Road, Brentford, TW8 9AG, UK.

Role Title: Field Supply Chain Manager, New Equipment/MOD Category Lead: Third Party Elevators. Location: London/Leicester.

Role Overview

Would you like to join a truly international, talent driven company that values Safety, Ethics, Quality, Innovation and Employee Opportunity? As the New Equipment & Mod Category Lead in Third Party Elevators you'll provide overall leadership and guidance to the new equipment and modernisation business looking to maximise business value and results.

Responsibilities

• The development of supply chain strategies and models to optimise total cost, capacity, quality, delivery, safety and compliance.
• To negotiate frameworks and legal agreements that address capacity, cost savings, quality and delivery in addition to all standard T&Cs. Implement and develop supplier performance KPIs to ensure exceptional customer service with key stakeholders.
• Work with external stakeholders to ensure a competitive bidding and negotiation processes generating cost saving yet efficient delivery to business-critical projects.

What’s on offer

• Full training within the dynamic and complex world of supply chain.
• The opportunity to gain European exposure to existing, niche and future thinking projects.
• The chance to drive the completion of business critical projects whilst providing exceptional customer service to both internal and external stakeholders.

What we’re looking for

• Demonstrated experience in driving large scale organizational and process change
• Leadership capabilities, including the ability to influence without direct authority in a matrixed organization and leading a team to achieve results
• Ability to apply strategic thinking, with strong sourcing, negotiations, and contracting skills
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, handle multiple projects simultaneously, and excel in a dynamic global environment
• Ability to develop talent with individual development plans and robust employee engagement
• Flexibility of daily schedule allowing for effectiveness in a role with global interactions

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About Otis

Otis is the world's leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio. You may recognize our products in some of the world's most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers!

We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You'll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you'll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge.

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people - passengers, customers, and colleagues - at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes - prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here.

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