Head of Supply Chain

We are looking for a **Head of Supply Chain - Leyland**

Competitive salary + a half day on a Friday

More than half of the buses that you see on the roads in the UK are made by Alexander Dennis. Globally, there’s over 25,000 people every minute, of every day using our products. That’s a lot of responsibility we have for keeping the world moving.

At Alexander Dennis we design, engineer, build and support the widest range of market leading buses and coaches using low, ultra-low and zero emission technologies. We have extensive experience in vehicle supply and support across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, with a near 50:50 revenue split between UK and international markets.

We are excited about the opportunities arising from the global push for lower pollution and better air quality. The UK Government as well as many others around the world have committed to aggressive but achievable decarbonisation agendas and at Alexander Dennis, we are ready to deliver the green buses needed to transition to cleaner transport.

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**About your new role**:

- You will lead and develop the Site Materials Planning & Logistics Team.
- Maintain Health & Safety requirements and processes within area of control
- Champion 5S standards and ensure housekeeping is maintained within all areas of control
- Develop skills matrices and training plans to provide flexibility within the team to cover periods of absence
- Provide weekly / monthly KPI’s to demonstrate process control and compliance
- Oversee professional, robust and effective relationships with the supplier base are in place
- Implement Group strategies, policies and procedures throughout material planning and warehousing.
- Embed proactive and constructive relationships across the Site functional teams.
- Assess and manage risk to the organisation through management of part shortages and escalation process.
- Ensure material schedules/PO's are released in a timely manner and are actioned by suppliers
- Ensure integrity and control in the planning and supply data (including shortage sheets/key commodities board and associated material supply meetings)
- Understand the ERP requirements and implement and utilise the appropriate functionality within ERP/MRP systems
- Assist in attaining inventory targets
- Assess and drive continuous improvement initiatives in line with business strategy resulting in improved deliverables at the highest efficiency.
- Inventory turns & days of supply
- Material clean to build status to plan
- 99% OTIF to Operations
- Lost & Damaged in line with targeted levels
- Adherence to process
- This is of course a non-exhaustive list and you could be asked to support with a number of related initiatives, as required.

**Requirements**:

- Ideally educated to degree level in an appropriate discipline
- Supply Chain or Logistics specific qualification - CIPS,APICS or IOSCM
- Preferred Six Sigma Certificated
- You will be self-motivated, with excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise and re-prioritise in line with changing business needs.
- To succeed you will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships across all levels of seniority, internally and externally
- You won’t be afraid to challenge the status quo, constantly striving to improve the way we do things
- Things can be hectic here. You will remain calm under pressure, be able to multi-task and deliver projects on time
- Generally, someone who is approachable, with a strong work ethic and a desire to succeed
- Highly IT literate, being a competent user of Microsoft Office, and MRP systems.
- Finally, you should be comfortable and enjoy doing all of this in a deadline driven, pressurised environment and willing and able to work outside of core hours as necessary to achieve results.

**Benefits**
- You’ll be assured of an interesting and technically challenging workload from day one, where you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact throughout the Scarborough site.
- We’re at the forefront of automotive technology, with extensive experience of producing low, ultra-low and zero emission vehicles, meaning that you will be helping to contribute towards the de-carbonisation of the environment.
- You’ll take great pleasure in being able to see the vehicles that you and the team have worked on become finished vehicles on the streets in your local community.
- Alongside improving your planning skills, you will also gain exposure to other parts of the business, in turn developing your future career prospects.
- On top of a competitive base salary and pension, and bonus, furthermore, you will have life assurance cover

**Next steps**:
If this sounds like you, and you’re interested in coming ‘aboard’, then we would love to hear from you. Alongside uploading your CV, please share a short covering letter detailing why you’re interested and why