VP Global Supply Chain, Defense Tech

UFORCE; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

UFORCE, a defence-technology company headquartered in London, seeks a VP Global Supply Chain to build and lead a resilient, compliant supply-chain function across the US, UK and Europe. You’ll connect global sourcing strategy with production realities, qualify suppliers and align material plans with programme milestones.

This is a strategic leadership role with hands-on ownership. You’ll set global sourcing direction, build the team and collaborate with engineering, production and suppliers to

Formación

• Experience leading sourcing and supply-chain activity across multiple countries or sites.
• Understanding of complex hardware manufacturing and its impact on material availability and build schedules.
• Track record of identifying supplier risk and implementing mitigations.
• Ability to translate demand and production priorities into material plans and cross-functional processes.
• Strong commercial judgment and negotiation skills for supplier outcomes.

Responsabilidades

• Build category and supplier strategies balancing cost, quality, lead time and resilience.
• Establish the US supply chain: qualify suppliers, sourcing and logistics, material plans.
• Create a cross-site view of material readiness and shortages with clear ownership.
• Identify constraints and implement dual-sourcing, buffer-stock or supplier development.
• Lead commercial negotiations and monitor supplier delivery, quality and corrective actions.
• Establish supplier qualification, traceability and counterfeit-part controls with Quality/Legal/Export Compliance.
• Connect demand, BOMs, supplier lead times and production schedules through S&OP rhythms.

Conocimientos

Global sourcing

Supply chain leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiation skills

Risk mitigation

ERP alignment

Security clearance

Travel willingness

Herramientas

ERP systems

Descripción del empleo

UFORCE, a defence-technology company headquartered in London, seeks a VP Global Supply Chain to build and lead a resilient, compliant supply-chain function across the US, UK and Europe. You’ll connect global sourcing strategy with production realities, qualify suppliers and align material plans with programme milestones.

This is a strategic leadership role with hands-on ownership. You’ll set global sourcing direction, build the team and collaborate with engineering, production and suppliers to