Supply Chain Manager

Supply Chain Manager

What's in it for you?

• Salary £70,000-£75,000
• Pension scheme
• Family healthcare plan
• Life assurance up to 4x salary
• Hybrid Working

About your next employer

Our client is a global company with a presence in 96 countries worldwide. They provide innovative engineering solutions that reduce risk and improve safety. They are a household name in safety products and have been in business over 160 years.

What you'll do

• Manage the transportation of goods and supplies, recommending improvements to ensure on-time delivery.
• Contribute to the formation of supply chain operational plans aligned with wider strategy and business plans, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, and company policy requirements.
• Deliver the local supply chain budget, managing activity to budget and providing complex analyses on budget progress.
• Work with customer-facing teams to understand demand and optimise current and future customer order fulfilment.
• Implement an effective local sales and operational planning (S&OP) process and demand and supply planning, ensuring accurate and timely forecasting.
• Manage and recommend improvements to local replenishment and inventory control processes, identifying and solving problems decisively.
• Manage regional warehousing and distribution activity, including the selection and management of local third-party distribution partners.
• Implement and drive the adoption of supply chain information management systems and processes for planning, reviewing, and reporting activities across the supply cycle.
• Communicate and implement local supply chain strategy and business plans within the team, motivating them to achieve business goals.
• Manage and report on the performance of the supply chain team, setting appropriate performance objectives and ensuring accountability.
• Contribute to stakeholder engagement by identifying needs, issues, and concerns, and conveying information to promote understanding and commitment.
• Use company development framework to identify the team's individual development needs and provide training or coaching to improve performance.

About you

• Experience in materials management, focusing on supplier relationship management and demand and supply planning
• Experience gained must be within a manufacturing environment ideally in aviation or automotive industry
• Strong analytic skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with data visualisation tools
• Strategy change, process improvement and people management experience
• Experience with ERP systems, demand planning, and forecasting software
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Knowledge of Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies

For further information on this job, or any other Engineering roles in Northern Ireland, apply via the link or contact karl.yellop@vanrath.com for a confidential chat today.

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