Senior Supply Chain Manager
Location: Barrow-in-Furness (Hybrid & Flexible Working Available)
Salary: starting from 60'500 + 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 leading & 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
• Owning key contracts (strategy, negotiation, performance)
• 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 across critical programmes.

What You Bring

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

• 5+ years' experience in procurement or supply chain within large-scale major programmes, defence manufacturing or major complex 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
• Background in Defence, Nuclear, Engineering or Manufacturing

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***