Supply Chain Consultant

**Supply Chain Consultant**

**Nationwide - must be able to travel anywhere in the UK as required**

**To £98,750 plus £5,784 per annum car allowance or a company car, 33 days holiday, bonus, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme**

**About the Role**

Engage. Transform. Sustain. At Unipart we understand the challenge of transformation, whether that’s within an end to end supply chain or other equally vital business functions - we know what successful and sustained transformation looks like from the boardroom through to the shop floor. It’s at the heart of what we do for ourselves and for our customers every day and has been pivotal to Unipart’s story of success over three decades. With experience working with organisations and supply chains across automotive, health, utilities, technology and public sectors, we have proven examples of where successful transformations have been sustained to deliver benefits in customer experience, environmental sustainability, employee engagement and bottom line profit.

Unipart Consultants have decades of experience in designing and operating supply chains across multiple sectors. The team has significant data science and analytics experience with capabilities across data modelling, forecasting, scenario planning and practical transformation programmes to ensure supply chains operate optimally and sustainably and with an enduring focus on customer experience.

We would like you to join us as a Principle Supply Chain Consultant to provide strong experiential knowledge of Supply Chain issues linked to a lean approach and create sustainable improvement outcomes. You will manage / support the delivery of specific project deliverables at sites and / or clients assigned, developing strong relationships with key client management at operational and senior levels and the Unipart team. Achieving agreed new business revenue / gross margin targets is a key part of your role and you will do this by winning new client engagements through your personal credibility working through Unipart and personal networks, directing and advising supply chain opportunities for UL’s Business Development team, creating senior relationships with ULs group director to maximise cross-selling, and developing opportunities through Unipart Consultancy’s (UC) professional partnerships.

**About You**
- Experience in leading Supply Chain roles with a clear emphasis on Lean Operations setting, ideally with a good understanding of The Unipart Way or alike systems
- Ideal background includes wide or specialist sector experience with understanding of dynamics within these sectors
- Track record of successfully acting in a senior consulting role in a minimum of three clients with a demonstrable record of delivering benefits
- Track record of developing (training and coaching) client staff in Operational Excellence ways of working
- Able to travel anywhere within the UK as required
- Significant experience / competency in at least three of the following; Lean, Six Sigma, Sales and Operations Planning, Inventory Management, Supply Management, Direct Purchasing, Demand & Supply Forecasting, Change Management and Operational Excellence methodologies
- Strong project management skills
- Client relationship management skills - with the ability to positively challenge
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills - confidence and credibility
- Excellent team-working, people management and leadership skills
- Works under pressure and on own initiative with a flexible approach

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.