Supply Chain Manager

Careersolve are delighted to be working with a well-established manufacturing company in Bishop Auckland who are currently recruiting for a *Supply Chain Manager*.

They offer a great salary which is dependent on experience as well as some amazing benefits, such as:

- *Death In Service*
- *Free Car Parking*
- *25 days plus Bank Holidays per annum (Holiday year Jan-Dec)*
- *Enhanced Pension company will pay up to 11%*
- *Group Income*
- *Occupational Health*
- *Confidential Employee Assistance Programme*

Reporting directly to the *Supply Chain Manager* - UK the role will be a member of the UK operational management team. As part of the team the role will be responsible for contributing toward the achievement of the company’s strategic and operational targets and overall business aims across all UK sites.

Although not exhaustive of supply chain activity, the role will primarily manage all materials, purchasing, production planning and inventory elements of the supply chain whilst ensuring acceptable levels of customer service, customer communication and coordination of activities with other functional areas.

The role will drive continuous improvement to customer service and supplier performance whilst ensuring operational efficiencies to best position the organisation for continued growth.

Principal Elements & Duties of the *Supply Chain Manager: *
- Leading and working in project teams
- Improving communication with supply chain managers in Germany and France
- Support the development of business processes and systems to deliver business objectives
- Ensure business systems static data is maintained and accurate
- Support and ensure transactional precision within operations and business systems data
- Review and analyse systems data variances to determine root causes and deliver improvement actions
- Ensure customer sales orders are serviced to an acceptable level
- Ensure customer communications are robust, accurate and timely
- Ensure an effective, customer facing, operational interface to best understand and manage customer needs enabling proactive service development
- Sales order expediting - communication, exception needs
- Customer supply, inventory, forward demand - analysis and planning
- Identification and delivery of improvement opportunities
- Proactive service development
- Resolution of customer/service claims
- Work closely with the Sourcing function regarding negotiating supply agreements to service business objectives
- Inventory management. Ensure sufficient inventory of materials and services to meet customer and business needs. Forecast levels of demand for materials and services to meet.

Experience/ Attributes/ experience etc required of the *Supply Chain Manager*:

- Knowledge and experience of supply chain management and best practices
- Knowledge and experience of supply chain functionality within ERP/MRP systems
- Analytical, numerate and computer literate with excellent communication skills
- A pragmatic and a practical problem solver driving continuous improvement
- A team player with a professional and positive approach, able to work on own initiative
- People management and change management skills (communication, influencing, assertiveness).
- Project management skills
- Self-motivated, flexible and a proactive approach to work demonstrating a dynamic and enthusiastic manner
- Ability to perform under pressure
- Degree qualified (desirable not necessary)

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £39,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Wellness programme
Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Bishop Auckland: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Supply chain: 3 years (required)

Work Location: One location