Senior Supply Chain Manager
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Location
Barrow-in-Furness District
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£50000 - £65000 per annum + hybrid working and benefits
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Contact:
Diane Marjoram
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Contact email:
Diane.Marjoram@1st-executive.com
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Job ref:
J692481_1776247439
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Published:
25 days ago
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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***