Supply Chain Manager

Supply Chain Manager

£60,000 - £70,000

Yolk Recruitment is excited to support this dynamic opportunity for a seasoned Supply Chain Manager. Take charge of a thriving supply chain operation, ensuring seamless procurement, timely deliveries, and cost-efficient strategies. Your expertise will drive core KPIs in on-time delivery, cost reduction, and project adherence.

If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for supply chain excellence, this is your chance to shine! You'll lead initiatives that enhance supplier performance, optimise logistics, and foster continuous improvement across the supply chain. Join us and make a significant impact in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.

This is what you'll be doing:

• Lead and manage buyers to source optimal products, materials, and services. Monitor demand and supply chain performance continuously.
• Oversee procurement contracts with suppliers, ensuring compliance and effective negotiation.
• Ensure supplier manufacturing cycles are on track for timely deliveries. Implement inventory reduction strategies with operations, sales, and engineering teams.
• Develop and execute logistics and transport strategies to ensure on-time customer delivery and cost reduction.
• Oversee cost control and logistics for finished product storage. Collaborate with engineering, operations, and quality teams to build accurate BOM and MOM structures.
• Serve as a SAGE X3 super user, maintaining accurate data, managing the system, and solving supply chain issues.
• Establish and manage a KPI dashboard to track workflow from tendering to on-time delivery, ensuring clear communication with all stakeholders.
• Manage the S&OP process, planning material demand and executing ordering and tracking to ensure timely delivery.
• Oversee forecasts and inventories, maintaining accurate records and analysing performance.
• Lead and manage supply chain staff, including performance tracking, training, and development.
• Implement a significant cost reduction strategy through supplier negotiation, value engineering, make vs buy strategy, and supplier consolidation.

And this is what you'll need:

• Experience working in a supply chain management role.
• Knowledge of Sage X3 is essential.
• Proven track record in supplier cost reduction, negotiant skills.
• Finance background managing P&L, supply chain budgets.

And this is what you'll get:

• Competitive salary
• Professional training and development
• Career opportunities in an expanding business
• Exposure to a complex supply chain, project management and the opportunity to develop your experience working on strategic projects.
• A secure future with a long-standing business with sustained growth ahead

Are you up to the challenge?

If you're an experienced Supply Chain Manager looking for career opportunity in a dynamic, growing company, apply now!

*Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.