Summary: The Supply Chain Manager role involves overseeing supply chain operations for a prominent aerospace company on a 6-month contract basis in Chester. The position requires managing supply chain issues, engaging with stakeholders, and ensuring effective supplier relationships. The role emphasizes operational experience and manufacturing knowledge to drive continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives. The candidate will act as the main interface between the manufacturing engineering team and suppliers, addressing technical abnormalities and supporting supplier selection processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Main interface ME team between the Plant and the Suppliers regarding activities on Series Programmes.
• Support the supplier selection and subsequent industrialization, via due business process.
• Lead or support technical abnormalities that are causing disruption in plant or continued supply to contain and correct that issue.
• Design / Manufacturing changes – proactive engagement in the Continuous Product Development processes, applying ME expertise in concurrent engineering and industrialization aspects.
• Cost Down – Individually or as part of an MFT proactively understand and influence cost drivers of a particular product or work package – such that opportunities for cost down can be qualified and quantified.
• Engage with ME MFT representative and others, such that all commercial and contractual implications are properly considered within the Procurement environment.
• Ensure integration, architecture and engagement of the wider business network within ME or other areas – to proactively manage risks and opportunities in an efficient and effective manner.
• Continuous improvement to suppliers ME capability be that product or process, standardizing and harmonizing across the business, whilst clearly demonstrating bottom line / value adding orientation.

Key Skills:

• Experience in managing supply chain issues and queries.
• Operational experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Extensive stakeholder engagement experience.
• Ability to liaise with suppliers and address quality issues directly.
• Manufacturing experience is essential.

Salary (Rate): £39.00

City: Chester

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other