Supply Chain Manager

Job Description

We love Submarines! If you want to love them too, come and join us at the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) as a Supply Chain Manager.You will lead a team of 3-4 Supply Chain Staff contributing to the delivery of Supply Chain activities, covering Demand planning, Inventory Supply Planning, Supplier Management, Financial Accounting and Supply Chain Performance Management.As part of the Supply Operations Team within the Superintendent Fleet Maintenance Organisation, your focus will be on materiel enablement in support of engineering activities during Submarine Maintenance Periods. This is a multi-faceted and fast paced rolewhich will require agility, proactivity, and a continuous improvement mindset. Operating in the delivery space, your team will deliver support and procurement activities. Utilising cross-functional engagement, and escalating emerging issues in a timely manner, you will mitigate risk to engineering tasking, sustainability, availability, and safety performance. You will ensure compliance with statutory regulations, MOD Supply policies as well as SDA Business Management System processes.The position is based in our offices on HMNB Clyde, and in-office attendance is expected at least 3 days per week.In return, we offer great benefits including - a market leading employer pension contribution, performance-based bonuses, a flexible working environment, together with training and development opportunities to enable you to build a career in DE&S. We alsohave a wide range of staff networks, where you can meet new people, share perspectives, and celebrate differences, too. You can be sure that when you join us, youll be joining a real communityDue to the level of security for this position, it is open to sole UK nationals onlyResponsibilities

• Enabling optimised Supply Chain activities, through life.
• Collaborating to create Inventory Demand and Supply Plans ensuring they are aligned with, SDA Contract and Customer requirements.
• Stakeholder Relationship Management both internal and external.
• Leading Supply Chain Procurement across all platforms.
• Driving continuous improvement activities.
• Timely and accurate reporting of the financial position, ensuring budgetary limits are maintained.
• Supporting the Supply Chain element of support solution development, providing evaluation across the Submarine supply chain for new support arrangements.
• Defining the Information Management Checks that are to be conducted by your Supply Chain Team and ensuring completion.
• Supporting the production of the Supply Chain performance narratives for use by the chain of command and wider Operating Centre/Domain Operational Delivery Teams.

Person specificationTo be successful with your application, youll need to show that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Adept in managing budgets, including managing approvals, monitoring actual spend and updating forecasts.
• Experience of Stakeholder management, internal and external, at all levels.
• Proven ability in delivering customer service.
• Competence in Leading a team.
• Background of delivering continuous improvement activities.

It would also be great if you can demonstrate any of the following desirable criteria:

• Accomplished in using Logistics Information Systems

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

• Continuous Improvement to optimise support - Practitioner level
• Stakeholder management - Practitioner level
• Leadership
• Delivering at pace

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave +1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the Kings birthday
• Flexible and hybrid working wherever possible, to support your work-life balance (though some attendance to the stated site is required)
• Market-leading employer pension contribution of around 27%
• Annual performance-based bonus and recognition awards
• Access to specialist training and funded professional qualifications
• Support for progression
• Huge range of discounts
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave schemes