Head of Supply Chain

Job title:

Head of Supply Chain

Company

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions

Job description

Head of Supply Chain – Bristol – Permanent £85,000 + Bonus + benefitsReporting to the Production Operations Director your responsibilities will include:

• Contribution to development of and implementation of Supply Chain Strategy

• Functional management of supply chain team

• Development of policies and refinement of processes for:

o Supplier assessment and approvalso Supplier selection eg tenders, price lists, frameworkso Supplier management – quality, performance monitoring, expediting, problem resolutiono Subcontractingo Procurement planningo Optimisation of goods inwards/inspection, stock control and planning

• Continuous improvement.

• Create environment for collaboration with other departments, such as programmes, engineering and quality.

• Negotiate prices and terms with key suppliers.

• Supplier relationship management.

• Planning and forecasting, market awareness.

• Identification and qualification of key or critical suppliers, second sources, strategic partners and monitoring of supplier risk including financial robustness.

• Support to bids and partnering strategies and product development to assess and provide cost effective supply chain solutions.

• Implement and monitor systems to provide traceability and parts tracking.

• Monitoring of long lead items.

• Obsolescence monitoring and reporting.

• Management of protectively marked and export controlled material.

• Management of cryptographic devices.

• Ownership of management processes for customer furnished items of data, equipment and tools.

• Strategy for applying environmental regulations such as REACH, COSHH, WEEE and safety including storage and handling.

• Social value, net zero and ethical trade practices (modern slavery, conflict minerals, embargoed material/countries)

• Rejection of items and disposals/repairs in line with security guidance and environmental requirements.

• Management of customer returns.

• Reporting and record keeping in line with contractual obligations and standards compliance.

• Shipping and logistics planning.

o Use of Incoterms.o Customs procedures.In order to be considered for this role you will have:

• Anticipated 8+ years relevant experience managing suppliers for complex electronic equipment.

• Good communications and teamwork.

• Self starter with drive and energy to solve problems and establish new systems.

• Organised and structured approach.

• Knowledge and experience of UK MOD or similar customer processes for supplier management and handling government furnished items.

• Implementing Supply Chain strategy, policy and processes.

• Comfortable working out new process flows – able to develop, review and continuously improve.

• Running competitions and other supplier selection approaches.

• Record keeping and reporting.

• Shipping and logistics planning.

• Environmental and product safety regulations.

• Social value initiatives and flowdowns.

• Knowledge of best practice supply chain management processes, procurement and warehousing solutions

• Manufacturing 4.0

• Experience with managing protectively marked materials.

• Knowledge of UK/US export/import regulations.

• KPI tracking.

• Supply Chain Risk management and resilience.

• Obsolescence management.

• ERP/MRP workflows.

• Procurement portals.

• JOSCAR.

Education

• CIPS qualification (or similar specialist qualification required)

• Degree preferred

• BTEC/HND Business/Operations/IT plus experience

• Evidence of additional training in Production Management, Procurement, Logistics, Inventory Management

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Expected salary

Location

Bristol Area

Job date

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 01:01:55 GMT

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