Supply Officer

Carbon; Wrexham; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus is seeking a Supply Officer based at Broughton to drive supplier performance across the end-to-end supply chain in a fast-moving, digital environment. The role manages a portfolio of suppliers in support of all Wing Programmes, with daily responsibility for portfolio oversight, risk mitigation, demand planning and effective communication with internal customers and external partners.

Hybrid working combines home and office-based activities, and you will collaborate closely with

Qualifications

• Solid experience in supply chain, procurement, or manufacturing engineering.
• Experience deploying digital solutions/tools.
• Experience in transnational working.
• SAP/MRP experience in manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Daily management of the supplier portfolio using existing business tools and future digitalization means.
• Anticipation of risks and drive mitigation actions.
• Demand and forecast control.
• Communicate effectively to internal customers, team colleagues and external suppliers.
• Supply chain prioritisation.
• Challenge Supplier performance where appropriate.
• Lead & Drive Supplier recoveries.
• Understand and define the optimal ordering characteristics and strategy.
• Specify and use of process automation.
• Use data management tools to drive decisions in the supply chain.
• Order Book Management and maintaining MRP Master Data.
• Coordinate Supplier Working Parties
• Interact transnationally with suppliers (remotely and/or at suppliers) and proactively operate in a procurement community as partner to the Supply Chain Quality Manager and Commercial Buyer
• Be the 1st point of contact for supply chain queries from operations.
• Own and Optimise Procured Goods Stock.
• Create the future: Support Supply chain and Logistics Transformation projects

Skills

Supply chain

Procurement

Manufacturing engineering

LEAN

Project management

Communication

Travel flexibility

Tools

SAP

Job description

An exciting opportunity has opened within the Supply Chain operations organisation for the position of Supply Officer based at Broughton. This is a perfect opportunity to work on a dynamic network between Broughton Plant, the Final Assembly Lines, and the Procurement world.

While professional experience and qualifications are key for this role, make sure to check you have the preferable soft skills before applying if required.

The successful candidate will be able to take advantage of the latest hybrid working benefits, sharing time between home and office-based activities.

The successful candidate will drive supplier performance across the end-to-end supply chain in a fastmoving, digital environment.

This role manages a portfolio of suppliers in support of all Airbus Wing Programmes. Airbus has a global supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Daily management of the supplier portfolio using existing business tools and future digitalization means.
• Anticipation of risks and drive mitigation actions.
• Demand and forecast control.
• Communicate effectively to internal customers, team colleagues and external suppliers.
• Supply chain prioritisation.
• Challenge Supplier performance where appropriate.
• Lead & Drive Supplier recoveries.
• Understand and define the optimal ordering characteristics and strategy.
• Specify and use of process automation.
• Use data management tools to drive decisions in the supply chain.
• Order Book Management and maintaining MRP Master Data.
• Coordinate Supplier Working Parties
• Interact transnationally with suppliers (remotely and/or at suppliers) and proactively operate in a procurement community as partner to the Supply Chain Quality Manager and Commercial Buyer
• Be the 1st point of contact for supply chain queries from operations.
• Own and Optimise Procured Goods Stock.
• Create the future: Support Supply chain and Logistics Transformation projects

Skills And Experience

Solid experience ideally in one of the following areas:

• Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing Engineering, Design Engineering.
• Experience in the use and deployment of Digital solutions/tools.
• Experience of transnational working.
• MRP expertise and experience of SAP in a manufacturing environment.
• Expertise in problem solving. * Good team work ethic.
• Negotiation level of English.
• Project management and LEAN experience.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the business.
• Willingness to travel and flexibility.