Supply Chain Manager

When you join TT, you join our global community of visionaries, creators, and achievers dedicated to engineering and manufacturing electronic solutions enabling a safer, healthier and more sustainable world. Simply put, we are a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics that benefit our planet and people for future generations. Our teams are fuelled by performance and expertise, leading the charge in innovation, efficiency and delivering world-class customer service. TT Electronics' Bedlington facility north of Newcastle upon Tyne is the home of two TT Electronics divisions; Sensors & Specialist Components are leaders in high reliability, high performance and engineered electronic components. As the Supply Chain Manager at TT Electronics, Bedlington, you will be responsible for the management and development of the supply chain strategic plan, along with the day-to-day management of the purchasing, planning and movement of goods departments.
Strategic Planning and Supply Chain Optimisation:
Developing and implementing supply chain strategies, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Leading accountability for inventory planning.
Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP):
Overseeing the SIOP process to align demand with production capacity, inventory management, and procurement.
Master Scheduling & Production Planning:
Monitoring schedule adherence and adjusting production plans proactively in response to demand and supply chain fluctuations.
Inventory Management:
Overseeing inventory policies, ensuring optimal stock levels while minimising excess.
Developing and driving cost saving initiatives throughout the supply chain.
Managing relationships with key suppliers to mitigate supply chain risks.
Leading contract negotiations.
Legal compliance:
Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to demonstrate legal compliance, for example, but not limited to. Ensuring compliance with requirements for import and export movement of goods.
Defining and tracking key performance indicators (KPI's) such as On-Time In-Full (OTIF), inventory turns, and schedule adherence.
Ensuring compliance with industry regulations, quality standards and company policies.
Fostering a high-performance culture focused on operational excellence.
Degree qualified in Operations, Supply Chain, Business Management or similar.
Experience managing a busy supply chain function, dealing with customers and suppliers at all levels.
Experience managing a busy shipping department with a high degree of knowledge of import / export compliance procedures.
A data focussed, logical decision making approach, applying business insights and opportunities in a structured manner.
A high level of understanding of commercial law of contract.
There may be the need for national and possible international travel so candidates will be required to be flexible.
5 weeks (in hours) annual leave plus bank holidays
~ An additional 1 day of leave per year to mark those moments that matter
~ Enhanced pension contributions
~ Healthcare cashback plan
~ Employee assistance programme
~ Financial wellbeing benefit
~ Sharesave scheme
~ Cycle to Work Scheme
~ Free parking
~ Discounted RAC membership
~ Discounted Gym membership
~ Discounted online and high street shopping and lifestyle vouchers
~ In addition to our healthcare support and financial wellbeing benefits, here at Bedlington, you can benefit from flexing your start and finish times and accruing additional leave.
TT Electronics are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Due to the specific projects TT Electronics support, we are unable to sponsor work visas. Candidates will be required to achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard Clearance.