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Supplier Development Manager
Job summary
A leading defense organization in Stevenage seeks a Supply Chain Manager to enhance supplier performance and risk management in complex environments. This hybrid role offers a salary around £50,000 and various employee benefits including bonuses, flexible leave, and comprehensive training. Candidates should have a strong background in low-cost operations and excellent problem-solving skills.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience in Supply Chain Management or Supplier Development in high technology sectors.
- Strong understanding of machining and aerospace surface treatments.
- Ability to conduct executive analysis and summaries.
Responsibilities
- Manage Supplier performance and capabilities across all programs.
- Identify, escalate and mitigate Supply Chain risks.
- Conduct capacity audits and provide comprehensive reports.
Skills
Education
An amazing opportunity has arisen due to the Ramp up of MBDA deliveries for a Supply Chain Manager/ Supplier Development manager to join ISP in the Sub-Assemblies team.
Salary: Circa £50,000 depending on experience
Location: Stevenage (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2 days per week on-site due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...
Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities
The opportunity:
An opportunity has arisen due to the Ramp up of MBDA deliveries for a Supply Chain Manager/ Supplier Development manager to join ISP in the Sub-Assemblies team. The successful candidate will bring their experience and knowledge to ensure effective Supplier performance, capability & Risk management. As a team, we work across all programmes in MBDA UK in a changing environment, managing and implementing both mature and new technologies.
What we're looking for from you:
Ideally a degree calibre Supply Chain professional with experience of international working in high technology companies.
Experience of supply chain management/ Supplier Development Manager in the Aerospace, Defence or Manufacturing environments with high exposure to machining including capacity and capabilities in the machining and aerospace surface treatments environment.
A proven ability to:
Demonstrate ability to improve Supplier Performance (Delivery and Quality)using appropriate tools and lean methodologies
Capable of carrying out capacity audits which will identify key bottlenecks, yield, resources and sub-tier mapping activities to form an industrial view of supplier
Managing a portfolio of suppliers on a day to day basis and reporting into designated project the performance and manage supply chain risks to closure
Assess supply chain and suppliers capability to meet MBDA delivery profile for both current state vs Future state
Competent in creating/ validating process flows and lead time analysis
Hold excellent problem solving skills and understanding of techniques such as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) to develop and implement root cause analysis and improvement plans within Supply Chain
Identify, Escalate and mitigate potential Supply Chain Risks and put in place associated improvement and mitigation plans
Conducting analysis and providing/delivering executive summaries
Additionally you may be responsible/ assist in department supply chain excellence improvements
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