Join a collaborative and friendly team within a highly complex and regulated engineering environment as a Supply Chain Officer to support the ongoing management and development of a critical equipment and technology portfolio.

This is an operational supply-chain role covering inventory, suppliers, demand, performance and logistics, working closely with internal stakeholders, external suppliers and specialist delivery partners.

The successful candidate will play an important role in maintaining supply continuity, managing supply-chain risk and ensuring contractual and operational requirements are delivered effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Support operational supply-chain management across inventory, supplier, demand and performance management activities.
• Review existing processes and identify opportunities to improve controls, efficiency and supply-chain performance.
• Analyse supply and consumption data to identify trends, risks, availability issues and potential obsolescence.
• Work with project and engineering teams to ensure effective transition from project delivery into operational service.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of relevant supply-chain records, documentation and systems.
• Work with suppliers and service partners to ensure contractual deliverables, service levels and KPIs are achieved.
• Identify, manage and mitigate upstream supply-chain risks in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate repair and return activity, ensuring appropriate records and documentation are maintained.
• Maintain accurate supply-chain data and ensure information held across relevant systems is complete and up to date.
• Produce regular supply-chain reporting and management information for senior stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with Finance, Engineering, Project Management, Operations and external suppliers to resolve supply and procurement issues.
• Monitor stock availability, material requirements and supplier performance across an assigned portfolio of equipment.
• Support compliance with relevant policies, procedures, contractual requirements and governance arrangements.

What We're Looking For

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Experience working within supply chain, logistics, inventory, materials management or supplier management.
• Experience operating within a complex engineering, manufacturing, infrastructure, defence, aerospace or similarly regulated environment.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret supply-chain data and identify risks or trends.
• Experience working with suppliers and managing performance against agreed requirements or KPIs.
• Understanding of inventory management, demand planning, material availability and supply continuity.
• Experience managing supply-chain issues involving repairs, spares, equipment or technical products would be advantageous.
• Strong Excel and data-analysis capability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• The ability to work across multiple teams and manage competing priorities.
• A proactive and structured approach to problem solving.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly around data, documentation and contractual compliance.

Desirable Experience

Experience within defence, aerospace, military equipment, complex engineering, critical infrastructure or another highly regulated environment would be advantageous.

Candidates with transferable experience from other technically complex supply-chain environments will also be considered.

The Role

This is an opportunity to join a complex operational supply-chain function supporting the availability and performance of critical equipment and services.

The role offers exposure to supplier management, inventory, demand planning, operational logistics, supply-chain risk and performance management, working with a broad range of technical and commercial stakeholders.

Immediate start. Please call Sally on 01483 212182 or email sally.davis@1st-executive.com