Head of Supply Chain

JOB TITLE: HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN

LOCATION: CHELMSFORD (HYBRID 3 DAYS IN OFFICE/2 FROM HOME)

SALARY: VERY COMPETITIVE BASE SALARY, PLUS CAR ALLOWANCE AND 10% BONUS, PRIVATE HEALTH, PENSION ETC

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Our client is a market leading global organisation that special across a spectrum of Industries. These include Aerospace, Defence, Technology, Marine, Energy and many others. With sites across the globe, they have a reputation of manufacturing high end products and solutions. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Supply Chain.

KEY JOB ACTIONS

With an ambitious growth strategy, we are seeking a motivated leader, who is passionate about driving improvement in Supply Chain best practice, and who has experience in bringing a team with them on such change journey.

• Accountability for our global demand and supply planning and forecasting processes. Shaping these effectively to support our ambitious growth plans and improve our performance
• Ensuring that business planning and forecasting data is supplied for an efficient planning and utilisation vision
• Leadership and development of our Supply Chain Planning, warehouse and Logistics teams
• Integrated business planning, ensuring commonality of plans, messaging and information flows
• Optimisation across our end-to-end supply chain to maximise performance in inventory management, lead time and OTD
• Capacity planning activities across the business in close collaboration with business streams and functions
• Timely provision of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting and business analysis
• Implementation lead of all key Supply Chain infrastructure projects
• Optimization of inbound material scheduling to ensure it is in line with business requirements and inventory target.

CANDIDATE REQUIRMENTS

• Demonstrable experience with cutting edge S&OP methods and ideas
• Previous experience in S&OP planning and process improvement
• Manufacturing experience is desirable
• Degree or equivalent experience in relevant Operations, Engineering or Business Administration field
• Demonstrable experience of driving efficiencies and improvement throughout a business
• Be able to show a commercially and customer facing focus
• Be able to show a collaborative and inclusive team-based way of working
• Be capable of introducing new ways of working and driving innovation through the business at pace
• Able to work at pace under pressure