Supply Chain Manager

Our engineering clients based close to Winchester have an exciting opportunity for a Supply Chain Manager to join their growing team.

The Supply Chain Manager will define and execute the supply chain strategy, ensuring reliable customer service, secure material availability, competitive total cost and disciplined working-capital performance. Lead Procurement, Demand Management, Customer Service, UK planning and ordering, while developing a resilient, data-driven supply chain organisation.

Duties & Responsibilities:

- Lead the regional Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process, ensuring one reliable demand, supply and inventory plan, and prepare and present S&OP data to senior management on a monthly basis.

- Lead the Procurement and Purchasing function, including purchasing requirements for Joysticks, Indicators, Keypads and Moulding, and ensure day-to-day purchasing and data administration responsibilities are completed effectively.

- Develop category strategies, sourcing road maps and negotiation plans that balance cost, quality, delivery, innovation and risk.

- Lead supplier selection, contracting, performance reviews and corrective-action plans, improving supplier OTD, lead-time reliability, capacity visibility and resilience.

- Drive year-on-year productivity through price, specification, value analysis/value engineering, localisation, resourcing and total-cost initiatives.

- Ensure material availability and production capacity to maintain operational continuity across Winchester, relevant EMEA operations, and oversees.

- Maintain full control of strategic components and other supply risks that could affect business continuity; identify and mitigate single-source, geopolitical, financial and continuity risks.

- Own the regional demand-management process and consolidate forecasts, orders, market intelligence and customer priorities.

- Lead Customer Service and Order Administration activities from order entry and confirmation through delivery and issue resolution, including management of backlogs, allocation decisions, expedites and customer escalations.

- Drive reduction of excess, obsolete and slow-moving inventory and maintain accurate inventory through stock controls, cycle counting, transaction discipline and corrective actions.

- Work with Engineering, Stores, Quality, Production, Sales, Finance, Operations, IT, HR and Group Supply Chain to ensure the information and support required to complete supply-chain activities without delay.

- Build, coach and develop the EMEA supply chain team, clarify accountability, support succession planning and develop competencies.

- Lead transformation projects, process harmonisation, continuous improvement, digitalisation and change management across countries and sites.

Required skills & Experience:

* Proven experience managing & leading within a similar environment

* Supply chain experience with strong understanding of planning, inventory management, and stock level optimisation

* Planning & S&OP experience

* Continuous Improvement

* Stakeholder management
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed