Supply Chain Manager, Swindon

Our client are a forward thinking and innovative market leading company in the UK & Ireland in the fastener and fixings industry and are part of a large, multinational, group of companies.

In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing and optimising the end-to-end supply chain processes, ensuring the availability and delivery of critical components, managing supplier relationships, and driving operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Mentor and develop the Procurement Manager and Warehouse Team Leader.

• Work with the Sales & Marketing Director to create and maintain forecasts, manage exception reports and analyse forecast discrepancies to understand and respond to trends and changes,.

• Review, refine and optimise purchasing parameters, to enhance the ordering pattern for all product ranges.

• Understand our customer buying behaviour and how this impacts the Procurement Function.

• Work with the Procurement Manager to confirm shipment dates and lead times.

• Ensure optimum stock levels to maximise customer availability and to ensuring high selling products do not have stock out issues.

• Negotiate terms and prices with suppliers, monitoring and assessing their performance and maintain cost-effective practices.

• Work with the Procurement Manager to source new suppliers/products.

• Create and manage KPIs, supporting the Procurement Manager and the Warehouse Team Leader to implement to the wider supply chain team.

• Working with the Warehouse Team Leader to support the inbound and outbound deliveries.

• Understanding the inbound and outbound logistics of the business, the best and most cost effective methods of receipting and despatching goods. Negotiating rates and contracts with our carriers.

• To ensure the warehouse inventory is routinely monitored, with stock cycles and stock takes being carried out to keep the stock as accurate as possible.

• Understanding the roles of the key team members to ensure cover can be provided when people are absent.

Skills:

• A strong background in supply chain environment.

• Experience in mentoring, supporting and leading others.

• Strong negotiation skills with suppliers.

• Excellent management and leadership abilities to oversee Procurement, Warehousing and Logistics.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• The ability to organise and plan accordingly.

• Able to adapt within the different functions of the Supply Chain team.

Hours • Monday to Friday 08:45 am to 17:00 pm. • 45-minute lunch break.

Benefits • Annual performance and attendance bonuses. • Employee Benefit Scheme. • Christmas period close. • Access to Company Pension - company contributes 6%. • 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays. • Extra Holiday for Birthday. • Access to Private Health cover once you have completed your probation