🚨 Hiring: Supplier Development & Cost Manager
📍 Glasgow – Scotstoun (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
💰 £62,000 – £72,000 DOE
We’re supporting a leading defence and engineering organisation in the search for an experienced Supplier Development & Cost Manager to join a major Global Combat Ships programme.
This is a high-impact leadership opportunity operating across an international supply chain, focused on driving supplier capability, operational excellence, and strategic cost management across a multi-billion-pound naval programme.
🔧 Key Responsibilities:
• Lead Supplier Development activities across all programmes to improve alignment and efficiency
• Drive interventions with high-risk suppliers to improve capability, capacity, and programme delivery
• Lead and execute strategic cost reduction initiatives to improve cash flow, reduce risk, and deliver measurable savings
• Build strong cross-functional relationships to encourage collaboration and innovation across the enterprise
• Influence senior stakeholders and embed continuous improvement best practices across the supply chain
✅ What We’re Looking For:
• Strong Supplier Development and/or Manufacturing background, ideally in a leadership capacity
• Degree qualified and/or Lean Six Sigma certified (minimum Green Belt – Black Belt advantageous)
• Proven experience with supplier performance management tools including Lean, Six Sigma, APQP, Capability & Capacity Assessments, NPI, etc.
• Experience delivering strategic cost management and improvement initiatives
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership capability
🌍 Why Join?
This is a unique opportunity to work at the forefront of a complex international programme, partnering with global suppliers and senior stakeholders to shape the future of naval capability.
You’ll join a fast-paced environment where you’ll have genuine autonomy, enterprise-wide influence, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on a strategically important programme.
If you'd be interested in learning more, please get in touch directly.