Supply Chain Manager

Supply Chain Manager

Location:

Bridgend

Contract Type:
Permanent

Hours:

Full Time 36 per week

Salary:
Depending on experience

Benefits:
Pension Salary Sacrifice Scheme Life Assurance Cycle to Work Scheme Company Sick Pay Corporate Eyecare vouchers Health Care Cashplan

About Us:

IrvinGQ is a world-leading supplier of parachutes aerial delivery systems and naval decoys to customers around the world. We create innovative products that our customers know they can rely on in highly challenging conditions where there are no second chances. Our systems must work right first time every time. If you want to be part of a collaborative and supportive team that helps customers achieve their goals through great engineering that stands out from the crowd and are looking for your next challenge then we want to hear from you!

About the Role:

The Supply Chain Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end supply chain production planning material availability and supplier performance activities required to support IrvinGQs operational delivery customer commitments and growth objectives. The role will ensure that materials purchased parts subcontract activity and production plans are aligned to demand inventory targets customer delivery requirements and business performance metrics.

Reporting into the Senior Operations Manager you will work closely with Operations Sales Engineering Quality Finance Project Management and Business Unit teams to maintain on-time delivery low past dues optimise inventory strengthen supplier performance and support productivity improvement across the business.

Primary Responsibilities:

Supply Chain Leadership

• Lead through visibly demonstrating and instilling our culture.
• Champion IrvinGQs values and contribute positively to a culture of accountability teamwork continuous improvement and customer focus.
• Lead the Supply Chain and Planning function ensuring clear priorities accountability and alignment with operational and business unit requirements.
• Develop and maintain robust processes for purchasing supplier management material planning production planning and inventory control.
• Drive a culture of urgency ownership continuous improvement and cross-functional problem solving.
• Support the development of team capability through coaching performance management and succession planning.

Planning and Material Control

• Own the sales inventory supply and production planning processes required to support customer demand and business plan delivery.
• Ensure loaded customer demand has the required raw material purchased parts and subcontract support available in line with production schedules.
• Identify communicate and escalate material risks capacity constraints and supplier issues that may impact customer delivery or revenue recognition.
• Work with Operations and Business Unit teams to establish clear build plans recovery plans and priorities for high-value or time-critical programmes.

Supplier Performance and Procurement

• Manage supplier performance including on-time delivery quality responsiveness cost lead time and risk mitigation.
• Establish clear supplier improvement plans where performance does not meet business requirements.
• Support strategic sourcing dual sourcing low-cost country sourcing and Make vs Buy activities where they improve continuity of supply productivity or EBITDA performance.
• Ensure purchasing activity is commercially robust compliant with business processes and aligned with operational priorities.

Inventory and Working Capital

• Own inventory accuracy inventory profile planning and material availability across the supply chain.
• Reduce excess obsolete and inactive stock while protecting customer delivery and production continuity.
• Review safety stock reorder points lead times and supplier stockholding arrangements to optimise working capital.
• Use ERP data reporting tools and visual management to support agile decision making and early risk identification.

Cross-Functional Delivery

• Work closely with Engineering and Production Engineering to ensure bills of material stock codes routings and technical changes support efficient purchasing and planning.
• Partner with Project Management to support major programmes customer milestones and recovery plans.
• Collaborate with Finance to align inventory cost working capital and forecast assumptions.
• Contribute to business reviews operational performance reviews and improvement plans with clear data actions and ownership.

Continuous Improvement and Risk Management

• Lead supply chain improvement projects…