Supply Chain Platform Manager

Morson Edge; England; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group is partnering with a leading aerospace organisation to recruit a Supply Chain Platform Manager for a 12‑month contract in Portsmouth. The role offers hybrid working (3 days on site, 2 days from home) with pay up to £28 per hour PAYE or £37.61 per hour Umbrella.

The post requires leadership of supply chain activities across complex programmes, developing materials plans, and coordinating with Royal Navy, suppliers and internal teams to ensure cost, schedule and quality targets are

Qualifications

• Experience leading supply chain activities within large, complex programmes.
• Knowledge of MoD/Navy procurement processes and procedures.
• Experience managing supply chain for naval or maritime programmes.
• Proven track record delivering programmes in matrix organisations.
• Ability to manage budgets, risk and supplier performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead all supply chain activities within the FTE Programme, including bid support and performance management.
• Manage project lifecycle outputs: bid deliverables, phase reviews, design/technical reviews.
• Financial planning to meet orders, sales, margin and cash targets.
• Act as main contact for contract management and procurement issues with suppliers.
• Develop plans to manage supply chain status, performance and risk.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks and protect commercial interests.
• Educate and communicate supply chain strategies across teams.
• Report progress and support supplier performance reviews to stakeholders.
• Implement Supply Chain KPIs for the Programme.

Skills

Supply chain leadership

MoD/Navy logistics

Project procurement

Cross-functional collaboration

KPI management

Stakeholder engagement

Time management

Job description

Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a leading aerospace organisation to recruit a Supply Chain Platform Manager for an initial 12 month contract. There is a pay rate of up to £28 Per Hour PAYE or £37.61 Per Hour Umbrella on offer for the successful candidates. There would be a hybrid working arrangement in place with 3 days a week spent on site in Portsmouth and 2 days a week working from home.

Please find the role description below:

Reporting to the Fleet Time Engineering (FTE) Supply Chain Programme Manager , responsible for providing leadership and direction for all supply chain activities within complex £1m – £10m p.a. Ship Repair Programmes. The Supply Chain Platform Manager will be responsible for ensuring all materials and services are planned and subsequently available as required to support Programme requirements. This includes maintenance tasks, Capability Insertions and includes the Materials and Services required.

Working closely with key Programme Stakeholders, Projects, Commercial, Operations, Engineering, Royal Navy and Key Suppliers, to ensure the supply chain requirements are understood, planned and delivered to the required levels of quality, schedule adherence and cost. This is a complex role developing and managing the Materials Supply Plan and strategies for these strategically important programmes.

Typical duties include (but are not limited to):

• To lead all supply chain activities within the FTE Programme, to provide bid support, strategic development, operational performance management, tactical issue resolution, ensuring Project revenue, budget performance and customer satisfaction targets are achieved.
• To manage the project life-cycle, ensuring Supply chain outputs are met e.g. Bid deliverables, internal bid approval inputs, Phase Reviews, Design/Technical reviews as required by the programmes.
• Financially plan and achieve the financial objectives for orders, sales, margin and cash, contributing to the overall business Integrated Business Plan for current and future periods as required.
• Be the prime point of contact for all project related contract management and procurement issues and liaise with the Procurement Manager and team for material and sub contracted services to address reported issues.
• Develop an approach to manage Supply Chain status, performance, and critical issues management within a shared project and functional management structure
• Ensure known Supply Chain risks are understood within the programme and mitigation plans are agreed and protect the commercial interests of the company and where necessary captured in either the Programme or Supply Chain Risk Registers.
• Act as a change agent for Supply Chain within the project environment, assist in the education and communications of the strategies developed.
• Manage the Supply Chain project performance, budget and risk and report into the project contract review pack.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with all key internal and external stakeholders, (customers/suppliers/functional peers) maintaining regular communication and managing expectations
• Lead effective communications and employee engagement, to foster a culture of openness, feedback, two-way dialogue and honesty to ensure people are aware and engaged in their delivery contribution
• To provide regular progress reports against deliverables and ensure appropriate support to supplier performance reviews and provide supplier performance information to relevant stakeholders. This includes customer and ship staff reviews
• Agree and implement Supply Chain KPI’s for the Programme.

Knowledge:

• Supply Chain best practice knowledge and experience
• Comprehensive experience of theories and practices within Supply Chain, Supplier Relationship Management and Sustainable Procurement.
• Experience in managing Uk MoD customer and supply chains within a naval or maritime domain.
• Proven track record of development and delivery of large Programmes within a matrix organisation.
• Supply Chain function’s people, process and enabling technologies to exceed or meet the Programmes business objectives
• The role requires excellent and broad Supply Chain knowledge and a breadth of business knowledge and expertise, including good business, market and competitor knowledge as well as depth of vision and creativity and an ability to contribute to the development of Supply Chain strategies to support business objectives
• Major Programmes / Project Procurement Management experience
• Cross-functional team working/ supporting engineering projects/ dealing with internal customers.
• Project & Time Management.
• Excellent commercial/ business awareness.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Skills:

• Experience managing and leading Supply Chain activities within cross functional programmes.
• Awareness of the MOD/Navy Supply Chain processes and procedure.
• Experience as a Supply Chain lead within an organisation of an equivalent size and scope
• In depth knowledge of Logistics and Supply Chain Management practices
• Direct impact on P&L through responsibility for quality and cost of tasks/services
• The role will have a direct effect on the FTE programme delivery and subsequently Ship availability for the Navy of these key strategic assets.
• Relied upon to make decisions using commercial expertise as well as comprehensive analysis from internal and external stakeholders
• Creates successful key stakeholder engagement strategies that balance the long-term relationship with shorter-term financial outcomes
• The role directly impacts KPIs and reported performance
• Experienced supply chain leader within complex Programmes.