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Supply Chain Improvement Leader

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Bristol, United Kingdom Oxford Instruments plc Full time

We are excited to announce an exciting opportunity for a Supply Chain Improvement Lead at our Severn Beach, Bristol location. This pivotal role at Plasma Technology is essential to guarantee that our customers receive their products on schedule, at the best possible cost, and with uncompromising quality.

This is an exciting and highly visible role reporting directly to the Head of the Supply Chain, with direct engagement with the Executive Leadership Team. As the role holder, you will be pivotal in driving supply chain performance enhancements through lean methodology and the continuous optimization of processes, systems, and tools. You will actively collaborate within the Supply Chain team and lead cross-functional teams to design and implement strategic projects that will create a major impact on performance. Your leadership in this capacity will be vital to our success.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Working with the Head of Supply chain, define and implement best practice processes to meet the target operating model.
- Develop & implement a standard playbook & toolset for supply chain management
- Development of standardised reporting for supply chain in areas such as
- Order book management
- Shortage management
- Cost down
- Supplier performance scorecards
- Drive ERP compliance and best practices to ensure input and output data are accurate
- Development of Data Governance framework for ERP across the supply chain
- Identify skills Gaps and develop training to support the purchasing function
- Evolve and automate the Supply Chain KPIs and establish and execute phased improvements.
- Develop and implement improvement governance, including visual management, that enables cross functional engagement, idea generation, prioritisation and effective escalation.

**Education/Qualifications**:

- 5+ years of Supply chain experience (Purchasing manager or other).
- MCIPS or similar degree.
- Project management qualifications an advantage

**Professional Skills/Abilities**:

- Experience with and sound knowledge of end-to-end complex manufacturing supply chains.
- Strong experience with Lean methodology within the supply chain & Purchasing processes.
- Process Improvement Expertise: Proficiency in Lean, Six Sigma, or other process improvement methodologies.
- Analytical Skills: Ability to analyse data, identify inefficiencies, and develop data-driven solutions.
- Project Management: Strong project management skills to lead improvement initiatives from conception to implementation.
- Communication: Effective communication skills to collaborate with and lead cross-functional teams and convey improvement strategies.
- Change Management: Experience in driving and managing change within an organization.
- Leadership: Ability to lead and inspire teams to embrace a culture of continuous improvement.
- Able to engage cross-functional teams towards desired outcomes, utilising training and coaching effectively.

At Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, we provide tools for the engineering of micro
- and nano-structures, with customers using our process solutions to research and produce materials and semiconductors vital for everything from medical devices and diagnostics to electric cars and quantum computers.

**Benefits**:
In addition to a competitive starting salary, Oxford Instruments also offers structured career development opportunities, a good work-life balance, private healthcare, a share incentive plan, 25 days annual leave, half-days on Fridays, a defined contribution Group Personal Pension Plan, and a flexible benefits package that you can tailor to your own requirements.

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