Senior Supply Chain Manager
Pitstone, Tring, Hertfordshire
£ Competitive
Benefits: 8% Bonus, Excellent Pension, 33 Days Holiday, Dental, BUPA, Workplace nursery scheme, Midday finish on Fridays, Enhanced family friendly policies, Wellbeing programme, Employee assistance programme including health and finance, Onsite subsidised canteen
Skills: CIPS, Strategic, Management and leadership, Experience within manufacturing environment, Commercial awareness, Negotiating, Stakeholder relations building, International supply chain processes, Understanding of key financial metrics
At Safran Electrical & Power, we recognise that aviation needs to innovate and change in order to protect our environment. We believe that future aircraft power systems will be hybrid-electric or full-electric, which is why we are working to develop and deliver advanced electrical solutions to help decarbonise flight.
The UK Safran Electrical & Power team has expertise in designing and developing electrical systems comprising generators, power conversion, distribution and control, with developing expertise in electric motors for aircraft propulsion.
If you want to help deliver this future, we are looking for enthusiastic and creative people to join our team.
The Role
As a Senior Supply Chain Manager at Safran Electrical & Power you will direct and manage the Operational Planning, Procurement and Logistics teams and processes. You will ensure the right material is in the right place at the right time to ensure our customer bases satisfaction. You will identify and mitigate risk in the supply base for both quality and delivery performance of suppliers, ensuring demand is provided to and accepted in accordance with suppliers' manufacturing lead-time.
- Management of the Procurement, Operational Planning & Logistics teams and processes
- Ensure the right material is in the right place at the right time to ensure our customers satisfaction
- Responsible for all recruitment, performance management and development of the supply chain team
- Recommend and maintain optimal inventory levels at all stages of the supply chain
- Ensure preventative actions are implemented at the source of root cause
- Escalate any commercial issues and disputes to the purchasing at Safran Group level
- Further develop delivery models to support inventory optimisation and maximise material availability
- Approximately 30 indirect reports and a small team of managerial direct reports
Desirable Experience
We are looking for candidates with a range of skills and experience, but we're also keen to help people grow and develop in this role. If you have some or all of the following, we'd love to hear from you:
- Supply chain or Purchasing degree, or CIPS qualification preferred
- Experience within manufacturing or engineering environment essential
- Proven ability to develop teams in terms of skill, performance and maturity
- Project and supplier management experience beneficial
- Proven experience in liaising with suppliers at senior level
- Experience in logistics management and international shipping
- Strong team leadership and managerial experience
- Evidence of written English at interview stage.
Get involved:
We also have a number of groups and forums onsite that you can get involved with, including Women at Safran, STEM ambassadors, employee forum, charity partnerships and wellbeing programme.
Our Wellbeing Programme in Pitstone aims to place employee wellbeing at the heart of our business, and we integrate it within all that we do. The programme is made up of four wellbeing committees; Healthy Minds, Physical, Social & Financial. Our enhanced family friendly policies re-enforce our commitment to providing a workplace that is both diverse and inclusive.