Supplier Development Manager

Butler Rose is working alongside one of our leading large manufacturing clients who have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Supplier Development Manager to join their Sub-Assemblies team. This is a hybrid role (2 days on-site) and will be paying salary up to circa £50,000 depending on experience. Location can be Stevenage or Bolton (client may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.

Duties:
* Be a member of a dedicated team of supply chain managers, ensuring outstanding supplier performance in terms of delivery and quality.
* Manage a portfolio of suppliers, monitoring their performance and addressing supply chain risks.
* Assess supply chain and supplier capabilities to meet MBDAs delivery profile (current and future).
* Proficiency in creating and validating process flows, conducting lead time analysis, identifying capacity bottlenecks, and understanding yield, resources, and sub-tier mapping activities.
* Conduct analysis and provide executive summaries to support decision-making.
* Work and collaborate with colleagues (UK and internationally) from various departments, procurement experts, technical and quality experts, and key suppliers (some travel will be required).
* Participate in well-resourced training and development programs to enhance your procurement and quality knowledge.
* Additional responsibilities may include contributing to departmental supply chain excellence initiatives.

What our client is looking for from you:
* Ideally, a degree-calibre Supply Chain professional with international working experience in technology companies.
* Proven ability to improve supplier performance in terms of delivery and quality using appropriate tools and lean methodologies.
* Excellent problem-solving skills and experience with techniques such as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) to drive root cause analysis and improvement plans within the supply chain.
* Previous experience in supply chain management or as a Supplier Development Manager in the Aerospace, Defence, or Manufacturing sectors is desirable.

What our client can offer you:
* Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
* Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
* Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
* Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
* Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.
* Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
* Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities

We can offer you a full insight and job description on applying, please don't delay with your application.

Please call or email Cerys Thirlwell for further information.

Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.