Supply Chain Manager
Burnley
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 37 hour working week over 4.5 days with a 1pm finish on Friday
- Flexi‑time scheme that allows you to take two half days or one full day off per month
- 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days of annual leave
- 10% employer pension contribution / 5% employee contribution with the option to increase this voluntarily through tax‑efficient salary exchange
- 4 × life insurance benefit as a member of the pension scheme
- Non‑contributory BUPA private medical insurance plan
- Group income protection scheme
- Support for your continuous professional development and career development
- Enhanced sickness, maternity, adoption and paternity leave
- Excellent on‑site catering facilities offering subsidised hot and cold breakfast and lunch
Your Role
The Supply Chain Manager role is a critical, high‑impact position, where you'll take full ownership of planning, control, and performance across a complex UAP environment. This is a leadership role at the heart of operations—driving demand scenario modelling, balancing capacity against fluctuating workloads, and ensuring seamless execution from MPS/MRP through to detailed scheduling and delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the Planning and Control Process for the UAP's Supply Chain
- Lead the Supply Chain department and team
- Manage the resource taking care to monitor all critical and bottleneck areas
- Implement action plans to minimise hazards including external supply constraints, transfers etc., in order to maintain the desired service level
- Create the inventory forecast and monitor progress, with accountability for inventory accuracy
- Manage the MPS and the MRP validation, adapting the supply plan or MPS in case of under / overload to balance load and capacity, suggesting actions for increased flexibility to absorb occasional overload
- Manage the detailed scheduling process following the calculation of the MRP plan and control and optimise component / materials availability and stock levels
- Establish detailed production and procurement schedules, ensuring that they are executed as planned, adjusting according to risks of the external environment
- Ensure that deadlines are upheld to honour customer requirements by being accountable for the OTD for External and Internal commitments
What You'll Bring
- Extensive Supply chain experience
- A global and trans‑functional vision of the Business Unit
- Detailed vision of production processes and the company supply chain
- Proficiency in the MRP2 process
- Experience of leading and developing a team
- Able to negotiate well with internal / external contacts
- Ability to gauge the importance of drifts and to anticipate the consequences
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