Supply Chain & Quality Manager Location: Onsite in Derby Contract: Until 31/12/2026 (with potential extension) Hours: 35 per week (4.5 days, flexible between 7am-7pm) Rate: £41/hour (Umbrella) | £30.64/hour (PAYE) Inside IR35 Why This Role? Are you ready to take the lead in shaping supply chain performance and quality standards for a world-class aerospace manufacturing operation? This is your chance to make a real impact-optimizing processes, driving innovation, and ensuring excellence across every stage of production. What You'll Do In this role, you'll take ownership of supplier success by monitoring performance, readiness, and capacity to keep operations running smoothly. You'll lead design changes and manage work transfers with precision and confidence, ensuring seamless transitions. Quality will be at the heart of your work as you champion initiatives like APQP, resolve non-conformance issues, and embed best practices across the business. You'll also play a critical role in risk management, identifying challenges early and implementing proactive solutions to keep projects on track. When the unexpected happens, you'll step in to support project recovery and crisis management, making sure operations stay resilient and efficient. What We're Looking For We're seeking someone with a strong background in aerospace, automotive, or manufacturing, who can communicate effectively and build strong relationships with stakeholders. You'll bring hands-on experience in supply chain, manufacturing engineering, and quality assurance, along with a talent for data analysis and reporting. Practical problem-solving and project management skills are essential, and if you have prior experience with safety and quality standards, that's a big plus. Why Join? This is an opportunity to work on high-impact projects in a dynamic environment where your decisions truly shape the future of operations. You'll enjoy flexible hours and a supportive team culture, all while playing a key role in driving excellence and innovation. Apply now with your CV, and one of our recruiters will be in touch within 48 hours! This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan