Supply Chain Officer

**What's involved with this role**:
**Interim Supply Chain Officer -Hybrid Working - PSR 1JP00067523**
**JOB INFO**: A Supply Chain Officer is needed on a contract basis for approximately 6 months. You will support key activities contributing to operational Supply Chain Management (SCM) across Inventory Management, Supplier Management, Demand Management and Performance Management activities. You will be responsible to the Support Chain Manager. Existing security clearance is not a prerequisite but will always help
**What you’ll do**:

- Be responsible for Demand and Supply planning activities and Inventory optimisation within their area of responsibility through maintenance of accurate Inventory records.
- Be responsible for transactional aspects of Materiel Accounting including Pricing, Loan Management and GFE in own area of responsibility.
- Manage the creation, maintenance and production of accurate Asset and Inventory Management statistics to satisfy internal and external Account Auditing requests.
- Raising business case justification for unplanned procurement
- Manage area of responsibility with regard to financial planning and forecasting of supply chain expenditure, attending monthly Forecast of Outturn (FOO) reviews.
- Monitor and support validation of Demand and Supply information through thorough analysis and investigation.
- Responsible for maintaining data accuracy across Supply chain and Asset Management Systems through regular data cleansing
- Operate effectively across the key operational SCM areas of Inventory Management, Supplier Management, Demand Management and Performance Management. Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on stock availability, material requirements and procurement issues for the ranges of equipment they have responsibility for.
- Lead on optimising availability, cost, process and policy developments, compliance assurance, analysis and modelling.
- Support the effective management of Risk and Safety by regular reporting and reviews of supply chain issues.
- Establish and maintain relationships with key project stakeholders.
- Provide short-term cover for the Supply Chain Manager during periods of planned and unplanned absence.

**Who you are**:

- Ms Office
- Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables, formulas)
- Stakeholder Management
- Previous defence experience
- Proactive independent thinker
- Supply chain experience
- Has managed own category
- Experience doing end to end supply chain
- Able to do analysis
- Understand inventory management, demand & supply, and logístical functions
- Rounded supply chain person
- Experience more important than qualifications
- Understands where supply chain fits into project

**“Essential Requirements” - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items**:

- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Qualifications and experience relevant to the job role - please give full details within your CV document

**Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable**:

- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for

**Job Ref: PSR 1JP00067523**

**Anticipated Length of Assignment**: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.