Supply Chain Manager

£39.00 per hour Umbrella

Contract: 6 Month

Chester

Certain Advantage are working with a large known Company within Aerospace. They are seeking a Supply Chain Manager on an initial 6 month sub-contact basis in Chester.

The role /Experience Required

• Some focus on managing supply chain issues and queries
• Operational experience
• Extensive stakeholder engagement experience
• Experienced with liaising with different suppliers and being able to review quality issues with them directly
• Manufacturing experience is essential

Responsibilities:

• Main interface ME team between the Plant and the Suppliers regarding activities on Series Programmes.
• Support the supplier selection and subsequent industrialization, via due business process.
• Lead or support technical abnormalities that are causing disruption in plant or continued supply to contain and correct that issue.
• Design / Manufacturing changes - proactive engagement in the Continuous Product Development processes, applying ME expertise in concurrent engineering and industrialization aspects
• Cost Down - Individually or as part of an MFT proactively understand and influence cost drivers of a particular product or work package - such that opportunities for cost down can be qualified and quantified.
• Engage with ME MFT representative and others, such that all commercial and contractual implications are properly considered within the Procurement environment.
• Ensure integration, architecture and engagement of the wider business network within ME or other areas - to proactively manage risks and opportunities in an efficient and effective manner.
• Continuous improvement to suppliers ME capability be that product or process, standardizing and harmonizing across the business, whilst clearly demonstrating bottom line / value adding orientation.