Supply Chain Team Lead
Location: Portsmouth, Lakeside, PO6 3EN
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF74038
The role
As a Supply Chain Team Leader, you’ll play a key role in leading and developing a high‑performing team responsible for delivering critical procurement and supply chain operations. Supporting complex defence, aerospace and engineering programmes, your work will ensure materials, services and systems are delivered efficiently, helping us meet the needs of national security and public infrastructure.
This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a leadership role where you’ll drive performance, shape processes and influence continuous improvement. You’ll develop your management capability while working in a dynamic, collaborative environment that values innovation, accountability and growth.
Day‑to‑day, you’ll be:
* Leading and developing a team of Supply Chain Coordinators to achieve business and personal objectives
* Overseeing open order management, requisition to purchase order conversion and invoice query resolution
* Monitoring team performance against key performance indicators and service level agreements
* Identifying and implementing process improvements to drive efficiency and best practice
* Collaborating with finance and procurement teams to support accurate reporting and forecasting
This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.
Essential experience
* Proven experience within supply chain or procurement operations
* Demonstrable experience managing or leading teams in a fast‑paced environment
* Strong knowledge of order management, goods received processes and invoice resolution
* Ability to analyse data, produce reports and communicate insights effectively
* Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
Qualifications
* GCSE Grade C or above in Maths and English, or equivalent.
* CIPS qualification or equivalent.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
* Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
* A dynamic working environment
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