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Senior Supply Chain Manager

Senior Supply Chain Manager

  • Location

    Barrow-in-Furness District

  • Sector:

    Supply Chain

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £50000 - £65000 per annum + hybrid working and benefits

  • Contact:

    Diane Marjoram

  • Contact email:

    Diane.Marjoram@1st-executive.com

  • Job ref:

    J692481_1776247439

  • Published:

    25 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    2026-05-15

Senior Supply Chain Manager
Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Hybrid & Flexible Working Available)
Salary: Upto £65,000 Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits

This is your opportunity to take ownership within a high-tech defence manufacturing environment, delivering at scale on one of the UK's most complex and strategically significant programmes. Work on a long-term, nationally significant programme with real-world impact. Joining a stable, well-funded environment with long-term career growth and progression. If you're an experienced supply chain professional ready to step into a high-impact leadership role, this is where your expertise will shape outcomes on a national scale.

What's In It For You

  • Competitive salary + car allowance
  • Strong pension offering
  • Private healthcare and wellbeing benefits
  • Flexible benefits including green car schemes and lifestyle discounts
  • Annual incentive opportunities
  • Relocation support available (subject to eligibility)

You'll operate in the procurement and supply chain leadership-where decisions carry real weight, timelines are critical, and performance truly matters. You'll lead & Influence complex supply chains in a cutting-edge engineering and manufacturing setting. Being part of a culture that values integrity, performance, and inclusion, influencing complex supply chains in a cutting-edge engineering and manufacturing setting.

What You'll Be Driving:

You'll take the lead across a critical supplier landscape, ensuring delivery, performance, and strategic alignment across a major programme.

  • Lead and inspire a team of supply chain professionals, managers, and subcontractors to deliver against an ambitious supply chain strategy
  • Own and manage a portfolio of business-critical suppliers, ensuring performance, resilience, and value
  • Build powerful relationships across internal functions and external partners to drive programme success
  • Negotiate complex, high-value contracts within regulated defence and government frameworks
  • Develop and execute robust Contract Management Plans that ensure control, compliance, and continuous improvement
  • Hold accountability for supplier performance-past, present, and future-ensuring delivery against key metrics

What You Bring

You're already operating at a senior level and thrive in complex, high-stakes environments.

  • 5+ years' experience in procurement or supply chain within large-scale programmes, defence manufacturing or major subcontracting environments
  • Strong track record in contract strategy, negotiation, and supplier management
  • Proven leadership capability-able to build, develop, and motivate high-performing teams
  • Commercially astute, confident operating within structured and regulated frameworks with a mindset that values collaboration, innovation, and diversity of thought

Senior Supply Chain Manager - Apply now for next steps!

*** applicants must be based in the UK to commit to hybrid working requirement and hold current/valid UK RTW***All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard/security vetting checks***