Supply Chain Manager

Certain Advantage; Aberystwyth, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Supply Chain Manager

£39.00 per hour Umbrella

Contract: 6 Month

Chester

Certain Advantage are working with a large known Company within Aerospace. They are seeking a Supply Chain Manager on an initial 6 month sub-contract basis in Chester.

The role / Experience Required

1. Some focus on managing supply chain issues and queries
2. Operational experience
3. Extensive stakeholder engagement experience
4. Experienced with liaising with different suppliers and being able to review quality issues with them directly
5. Manufacturing experience is essential

Responsibilities:

1. Main interface ME team between the Plant and the Suppliers regarding activities on Series Programmes.
2. Support the supplier selection and subsequent industrialization, via due business process.
3. Lead or support technical abnormalities that are causing disruption in plant or continued supply to contain and correct that issue.
4. Design / Manufacturing changes - proactive engagement in the Continuous Product Development processes, applying ME expertise in concurrent engineering and industrialization aspects.
5. Cost Down - Individually or as part of an MFT proactively understand and influence cost drivers of a particular product or work package - such that opportunities for cost down can be qualified and quantified.
6. Engage with ME MFT representative and others, such that all commercial and contractual implications are properly considered within the Procurement environment.
7. Ensure integration, architecture and engagement of the wider business network within ME or other areas - to proactively manage risks and opportunities in an efficient and effective manner.
8. Continuous improvement to suppliers ME capability be that product or process, standardizing and harmonizing across the business, whilst clearly demonstrating bottom line / value adding orientation.