Location:
Commutable from; Bath, Cardiff, Taunton, Frome, Gloucester, Bristol, Chippenham, Swindon, Cheltenham. Industry:
Manufacturing Package:
£80,000-£90,000p.a. + c£5.5k car allowance + benefits Seniority:
Senior Management Team If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s to hold dear to what’s important and for us to reflect, reimagine and realign our priorities. Technology has advanced, and continues to advance, at a rate of knots. To name but a few things. For some, operating in businesses that solely focus on advancing the already advanced technology seems to be the crowning glory; but you’d prefer to be part of a bigger sense of purpose…something that really did create memories and feed into peoples reimagined priorities, through the products
you
develop and produce. Overview of the position
Reporting to a Board Director, you will be responsible for leading the Supply Chain function, owning the creation and delivery of the Supply Chain strategy and managing a team of over fifty employees. You will manage the supplier relationship and information flow relating to the provision of parts from selected sources, to ensure that they are delivered at the right time, to the right quality, in the right packaging whilst adhering to the environmental policy. You will work closely with Procurement and Product Design at concept, design and prototype stage, alongside working closely with manufacturing to ensure development parts arrive on time and in full. Key challenges
People
You know how important culture is; get it right and everything else will fall into place. Get it wrong and…well, let’s not focus on that part because that’s not an option for you – one of your main strengths is being able to go into a business, understand its culture, and be able to build, nurture and grow the people. You know what good looks like; you have a proven track record of taking your team on a journey and can demonstrate how you’ve created high performing teams. Business
The business generally treats symptoms rather than root causes. The Supply Chain function is better than most, but they do need the new leader to make the identification and correction of root causes an everyday and standard approach. Feeding good quality parts to the line with zero shortages or delays is critical to the operation and the team do it reasonably well; they need to maintain and further improve the day to day, hour to hour, parts supply to production, product development and other internal customers, whilst optimising inventory holding. Supply Chain
Finally, let’s look at a few function specific projects you’ll be required to lead and deliver on. Map and improve supply related processes and data to support future projects to implement a Warehouse Management System and broader ERP. Enhance the service they offer to their customers by reducing supply related lead-times / increasing agility. Enhance the control of incoming logistics and enhance environmental performance through a review and improvement of incoming logistics, on-site storage, and linefeed solutions. Develop and provide information to guide supplier improvement by developing a vendor rating and improvement scorecard. You, and your background
Well, it’s quite clear that you need to be a seasoned Supply Chain professional. You have a breadth of manufacturing experience, ideally with a degree of complexity. You’re a modern-day Leader, with high levels of emotional intelligence who is comfortable engaging across the full spectrum of the business, from the shopfloor to strategic activities; this isn’t an ivory tower role – your presence is needed throughout. You’re decisive, a strategic thinker, commercially savvy and can operate at pace. You can take a top-level mandate, visualise what needs to be done, understand how to close the gaps to drive improvements, and effectively communicate this message across your team. Your leadership expertise comes into play as you’re able to strike the balance between giving autonomy, whilst holding people to account. You’ll need an appetite too, this business is hungry for success and despite being well positioned in the market, it still has the desire to grow. What next?
If you feel this is a challenge you’d like to explore further, then we’d like to hear from you – so get in touch by sending us your CV. If you haven’t got a CV don’t worry, we can help with that too. Also, each applicant will get a response, even if it’s not the one you had hoped for. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Commutable from; Bath, Cardiff, Taunton, Frome, Gloucester, Bristol, Chippenham, Swindon, Cheltenham. Industry:
Manufacturing Package:
£80,000-£90,000p.a. + c£5.5k car allowance + benefits Seniority:
Senior Management Team If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s to hold dear to what’s important and for us to reflect, reimagine and realign our priorities. Technology has advanced, and continues to advance, at a rate of knots. To name but a few things. For some, operating in businesses that solely focus on advancing the already advanced technology seems to be the crowning glory; but you’d prefer to be part of a bigger sense of purpose…something that really did create memories and feed into peoples reimagined priorities, through the products
you
develop and produce. Overview of the position
Reporting to a Board Director, you will be responsible for leading the Supply Chain function, owning the creation and delivery of the Supply Chain strategy and managing a team of over fifty employees. You will manage the supplier relationship and information flow relating to the provision of parts from selected sources, to ensure that they are delivered at the right time, to the right quality, in the right packaging whilst adhering to the environmental policy. You will work closely with Procurement and Product Design at concept, design and prototype stage, alongside working closely with manufacturing to ensure development parts arrive on time and in full. Key challenges
People
You know how important culture is; get it right and everything else will fall into place. Get it wrong and…well, let’s not focus on that part because that’s not an option for you – one of your main strengths is being able to go into a business, understand its culture, and be able to build, nurture and grow the people. You know what good looks like; you have a proven track record of taking your team on a journey and can demonstrate how you’ve created high performing teams. Business
The business generally treats symptoms rather than root causes. The Supply Chain function is better than most, but they do need the new leader to make the identification and correction of root causes an everyday and standard approach. Feeding good quality parts to the line with zero shortages or delays is critical to the operation and the team do it reasonably well; they need to maintain and further improve the day to day, hour to hour, parts supply to production, product development and other internal customers, whilst optimising inventory holding. Supply Chain
Finally, let’s look at a few function specific projects you’ll be required to lead and deliver on. Map and improve supply related processes and data to support future projects to implement a Warehouse Management System and broader ERP. Enhance the service they offer to their customers by reducing supply related lead-times / increasing agility. Enhance the control of incoming logistics and enhance environmental performance through a review and improvement of incoming logistics, on-site storage, and linefeed solutions. Develop and provide information to guide supplier improvement by developing a vendor rating and improvement scorecard. You, and your background
Well, it’s quite clear that you need to be a seasoned Supply Chain professional. You have a breadth of manufacturing experience, ideally with a degree of complexity. You’re a modern-day Leader, with high levels of emotional intelligence who is comfortable engaging across the full spectrum of the business, from the shopfloor to strategic activities; this isn’t an ivory tower role – your presence is needed throughout. You’re decisive, a strategic thinker, commercially savvy and can operate at pace. You can take a top-level mandate, visualise what needs to be done, understand how to close the gaps to drive improvements, and effectively communicate this message across your team. Your leadership expertise comes into play as you’re able to strike the balance between giving autonomy, whilst holding people to account. You’ll need an appetite too, this business is hungry for success and despite being well positioned in the market, it still has the desire to grow. What next?
If you feel this is a challenge you’d like to explore further, then we’d like to hear from you – so get in touch by sending us your CV. If you haven’t got a CV don’t worry, we can help with that too. Also, each applicant will get a response, even if it’s not the one you had hoped for. We look forward to hearing from you.
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