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Head of Supply Chain About the Role Working in an extremely agile purchasing and supplier management department, you will report to the Chief Commercial Officer. Your role will be vital to the day-to-day running of the department, ensuring parts are supplied into programmes on time and within budget. You will support the business with ongoing programme supplier management and day-to-day purchasing, while identifying and reporting risks and opportunities. You will manage a range of highly technical components and their associated supply chains. Regular reporting of the supply chain status both within the business and customer facing will be essential. You will lead the day-to-day supplier and subcontractor management activities, identify risks, and implement risk mitigation strategies to enable continuous supply. For new programme opportunities, you will provide guidance for estimates and support the growth of the engineering business activity. Main Duties Lead the ongoing work plan for Supplier Management, Purchasing, and Buying activities. Work with the supply chain, continually building and improving supplier/customer relationships and processes. Communicate clearly and openly with stakeholders, identifying ways to streamline purchasing, distribution, supplier warehousing, and logistics. Support programmes through to completion, ensuring on-time delivery and maintaining overall project ownership related to supplier selection, delivery, cost, risks, and opportunities. Develop timelines and ensure tracking of progress to plan, while clearly communicating critical project achievements and/or risks. Take ownership of supply base commercials, ensuring contracts are in place and maintained to support delivery requirements. Develop a cohesive team to support departmental workload with seamless alignment to input/output functions in the business. Core Competencies and Experience Required Skills and Experience: Project Management: Proficiency in initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing projects to achieve specific goals and meet success criteria. Supply Chain Knowledge: Familiarity with systems like Factory Master, ERP, MRP, and experience delivering activities, information, and resources from supplier to customer. Supply Chain Project Management: Experience in maintaining supply chains, managing commercial agreements, collaborating on intercompany approvals, and assessing supplier quality. Proposal Cost Analysis: Ability to perform data-led trend assessments to support initial proposal development and firm proposal submissions. Supplier Onboarding and Risk Management: Experience in commercial risk alignment, contract negotiation, and budget control through value-for-money assessments. Supply Chain Coordination: Skills in improving supply chain performance by aligning supplier plans and objectives, and monitoring via KPIs. Supply Chain Strategy: Working experience in evaluating the cost-benefit trade-offs of operational components. Demand Planning: Proficiency in creating reliable forecasts to support ongoing programme modelling. Supply Chain Solutions: Continuous improvement activities with high-cost, high-risk suppliers. Cross-Functional Team Building: Experience in inclusive decision making and obtaining buy-in during escalations. Personal Attributes A problem solver with strong lateral thinking skills. Flexible, takes initiative, and easily adapts. High attention to detail. Committed and dedicated to quality, ensuring customer requirements are met. Tenacious in meeting deadlines. Application Process To apply, please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are the ideal candidate for this position. Applications can be sent to . Unfortunately, our client is unable to offer sponsorship of any kind for this position. All candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK and hold a passport that would allow for travel if required
Amazon's Supply Chain Managers play a central role in our global business. They keep our complex, international supply chains working seamlessly and efficiently. As a Supply Chain Manager (SCM), you will work closely with multiple stakeholders across Amazon, from Operational teams who are fulfilling customer orders to Program teams and everything in between. You'll help us optimise our supply chains to make our customer experience even better and our business more energy and cost efficient. Key job responsibilities- Define supply chain and operating models for various businesses - Analyse and interpret data to improve efficiency across supply chains and multiple operations - Partner with teams to advise on and manage operational challenges - Support the planning and organisation of complex projects A day in the lifeBeing a Supply Chain Manager for Amazon involves lots of problem solving. You'll work with a number of teams to navigate challenges as and when situations impact our network. You'll spend time resolving temporary issues and looking at the bigger picture to drive Amazon towards achieving new objectives.As a Supply Chain Manager, you'll need to help with both on-the-ground tasks and more tactical work. No two days will be the same. You could spend one day helping to define our supply chain and operating models and the next assisting with a site's resource plan for a busy period. Having so much variety in your role means you'll be able to learn something new every day. About the teamAmazon couldn't deliver at pace without the Amazon Transportation Service (ATS) team. As part of ATS, you'll be welcomed into a diverse team that plays a central role in our success. Using air, sea and road transport, as well as sortation centres equipped with the latest technology, you'll help Amazon's transport run at maximum efficiency. Our team captures data and uses it to drive decisions. They are key to making Amazon more innovative and efficient.We put safety first as our people are our priority. And we use the expertise of our people to get packages to their destination quickly, conveniently and sustainably.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:London, GBR BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Experience in program management- Experience defining program delivery requirements in supply chain and using data and metrics to determine improvements- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams- Experience in cross functional project delivery PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Background in Supply Chain- Experience managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership- Knowledge of Excel and SQL for data management and analysisAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://en/privacypage) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT - 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial (tel:). If calling from Ireland, please dial (tel:).