Supply Chain Specialist

Supply Chain Specialist (Supply Chain Management)

Company:

Boeing Defence United Kingdom Limited

Boeing is looking for Supply Chain Specialist located in Lossiemouth, UK. You will provide tactical Supply Chain support to UK Fixed Wing activities and contracts utilizing Supply Chain Support Best Practice. Responsible to the Fixed Wing Execution Manager. You will be aware of and adhere to Boeings Go4Zero H&S Policies and Security Protocols.

Job Description/Responsibilities:

Scope of the Role:

• Day to day management of assigned parts

•  Process Order and Repair Requisitions

• Action all demand requisitions on a daily basis using Required Delivery Dates as the mechanism to prioritise requirements.

• Escalation of known problems and any risk to Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to Supply Chain Management

• Support Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) for spares that fail their Required Delivery Date (RDD), reporting completed analysis to P-8A Supply Chain Management

• Generate supply solutions of assigned parts for those requirements not immediately available.

• Efficiently prioritise all tasks and work to best support the business needs.

• Develop and maintain relationships with support organisations to ensure a seamless support is provided

• Conduct Supply Chain Support activities in line with Business Unit Processes and Procedures. 

• Review and amend Processes and Procedures when gaps/errors are identified during the day to day activities

• Mentor junior members of the team in Supply Chain Best Practices and help resolve minor issues as they become experienced

• Provide SME guidance and support to internal stakeholders for long-range Programme requirements

• Host meetings pertinent to the success of assigned RAAs.

• Support ad-hoc tasks allocated by management to support business requirements

• Provide out of hours service as required.

Program/Enterprise

• Adopt Boeing best practices to identify Continuous Improvement (CI) opportunities and participate in Employee Involvement (EI) projects to identify Cost Reduction Initiatives (CRI).

• Develop individual WorkLife priorities to be aligned with Business priorities

• Take actions to manage and complete directed WorkLife priorities by the manager

• Correctly and diligently record all your accrued labour time in WorkLife on a daily basis against the correct and authorised activity ID.

• Travel to external meetings with suppliers, customers etc. as approved.

Key interfaces: 

• Platform Operations team(s)

• Liaison between all Supply chain functions

• Boeing engineering and Quality

• Boeing Global Services and other Boeing organisations as required

• Royal Air Force Logistics Support personnel

• Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)/P-8A Delivery Team

• Boeing IT Support Services

• Boeings contracted transport suppliers 

Systems:

• SAP, GOLDMRO, EXTENDER, BASE, BPP, SPO/SPM, BORIS, IQDS, VECTOR, Workday/WorkLife, TURTLE. 

REQUIRED, BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience of Supply Chain activities & operations, ideally within the Aviation/Defense industry in a fast-paced working environment.

• Experience of Supply Chain ERP systems

• Flexible, highly motivated with a pro-active approach to assigned duties.

• Able to work within a small and dynamic team.

• Possess advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word. Excel and PowerPoint).

• Demonstrate sound communication skills to deal with all customers and colleagues.

• Ability to obtain UK Security Clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (nice to have):

• Experience working with SAP, Military Joint Deployed Inventory (MJDI), Government On-Line Data (GOLD) would be an advantageous but not essential.

• CIPS Qualifications would be advantageous

• Prior knowledge/ experience working with a commercial airline operating 737 or the Royal Air Force will be an advantage.

This position requires the ability to obtain a UK security Clearance for which the UK Government requires UK residency. The successful candidate will hold, or have the ability to obtain, Security Clearance (SC)

Functional Excellence and Technical Competencies

• Accountability and Responsibility
• Adaptability
• Encourages others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.
• Continuous Improvement and innovation
• Customer Focus; makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions
• Enabling technology/Innovation & Invention
• Planning and organizing
• Risk Identification & Mgmt
• Strategic Decision Making and Systems Thinking
• Teamwork
• Boeing Knowledge and Customer/Supplier Knowledge
• Maintenance and Retrofit knowledge
• Prod Sup and Eng Relationships; knowledge of the responsibilities and interaction between departments/disciplines and how their products, processes and services affect one another
• Provisioning Process knowledge
• Specific Supportability; knowledge of customer, regulatory agency, industry, and company policies, practices, and procedures as they apply to customer maintenance concepts and processes (e.g. supply, procurement, ) as well as technical documentation, support equipment and systems, part interchangeability, data reliability analysis, data extraction, and service related problem resolution.
• Statistical Concepts knowledge
• Supply Chain Strategy

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Relocation:

This position is located in a location that does not offer relocation.  Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

All information provided will be checked and may be verified.

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Not Applicable

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance:

This position requires the ability to obtain United Kingdom Security Check.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom)

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