Supply Chain Manager (3165-1)
JOB LOCATION: BOLTON Preferred (Stevenage can be managed)
SECURITY CLEARANCE: SC Start
DURATION: 6+ Months Minimum (Extension Possible)
WORK PATTERN: HYBRID 2 Days on site
RATE: £ 50 Per hr on Umbrella (Inside IR35)
TARGET INDUSTRIES AND COMPANIES. Is Defence a must?
If not what industries can be considered
Ideally defence but if not automotive or medical
Essential Skillset & Tools
SUPPLIER RISK
Influence supplier relationships
excellent presentation skills
Overview of Department:
* An opportunity has arisen for a Supply Chain Manager to join ISP in the Equipment's 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.
Responsibilities:
* Internal and external assessment skills/knowledge; Business maturity, planning & control, relationship management, manufacturing excellence etc…
* Strong interpersonal skills – ability to further develop his / her network
* It would be desirable if you have SC21 Practitioner experience
* Very good negotiating and influencing skills
* Objective driven, determination to succeed.
* Excellent communication skills: able to communicate verbally, in writing and present to at all levels of business.
Skillset/experience required:
* Ideally a degree calibre Supply Chain professional with experience of international working in high technology companies.
* Experience of supply chain management in the Aerospace, Defence or Manufacturing environments.
* A proven ability to:
* Demonstrated ability to improve Supplier Performance (Delivery and Quality)using appropriate tools and lean methodologies
* Managing a portfolio of suppliers on a day to day basis and reporting into designated project the performance and supply chain risk
* Assess supply chain and suppliers capability to meet MBDA delivery profile for both current state vs Future state
* Competent in creating/ validating process flows, lead time analysis, understanding capacity bottlenecks, yield, resources and sub-tier mapping activities to form an industrial view of supplier
* 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. Manage risks to closure.
* Conducting analysis and providing/delivering executive summaries