Automotive Supply Chain Lead

3 weeks ago

Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Jigsaw Business Group Full time

Automotive Supply Chain Lead

Location: East Midlands

Contract Duration: 6-12 months OUTSIDE IR35

Role Overview: We are in search of a seasoned Supply Chain Lead to engage on a contractual basis within our client's dynamic and expanding high-performance engineering organization. The ideal candidate will possess a proactive mindset and exceptional problem-solving abilities, with a passion for the engineering process and the capability to apply their expertise across a range of diverse projects.

In this fast-paced purchasing and supplier management division, you will report directly to the Chief Commercial Officer. Your position is vital to the department's daily functions, ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery of components to various programs.

This role encompasses the management of a wide array of highly technical components and their respective supply chains, with consistent reporting on supply chain performance both internally and to clients. You will spearhead daily supplier and subcontractor management tasks, identifying potential risks and executing mitigation strategies to guarantee uninterrupted supply.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Oversee Supplier Management, Purchasing, and Procurement activities, driving the continuous work plan for these areas.
  • Collaborate effectively with the supply chain to foster and enhance supplier and customer relationships, implementing initiatives aimed at process improvement.
  • Maintain open communication with stakeholders, pinpointing opportunities to optimize purchasing, distribution, supplier warehousing, and logistics.
  • Support programs from inception through to completion, ensuring timely delivery while maintaining full accountability for supplier selection, delivery, cost management, risk mitigation, and opportunity identification.
  • Develop and manage timelines, ensuring that progress is monitored and critical project milestones or risks are communicated clearly.
  • Take charge of supplier contracts, ensuring they are established and upheld to meet the delivery expectations of end customers.
  • Build and lead a cohesive team that effectively manages departmental workload, ensuring alignment with the business's operational functions.

Qualifications:

  • Project Management: Proficient in initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing projects to achieve specific objectives and success criteria.
  • Supply Chain Expertise: Experienced in ERP/MRP systems such as Factory Master, with a background in managing the flow of products or services from supplier to customer.
  • Supply Chain Project Management: Skilled in maintaining supply chains, managing commercial agreements, and collaborating across teams to ensure supplier quality and commercial alignment.
  • Cost Analysis & Proposals: Conducts data-driven trend analysis to support the development and submission of proposals.
  • Supplier Management: Expertise in supplier onboarding, contract negotiation, risk alignment, and budget control through value-for-money assessments.
  • Supply Chain Coordination: Enhances supply chain performance through supplier alignment and KPI monitoring.
  • Strategic Planning: Experienced in formulating and implementing supply chain strategies that balance costs and benefits.
  • Demand Planning: Develops reliable forecasts to support ongoing program modeling and supply chain management.
  • Continuous Improvement: Focused on enhancing high-cost, high-risk supplier relationships.
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Facilitates inclusive decision-making and escalation processes within teams.

Please note that visa sponsorship is not provided. Candidates must have the right to work in the United Kingdom. All applications will be treated with confidentiality. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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