Senior Advisor - Business & Supply Chain Transformation

The Vacancy

Transform Manufacturing. Drive Innovation. Shape the Future.

Are you an experienced manufacturing, operations, or supply chain leader passionate about delivering lasting transformation? We're looking for a Senior Manager (Senior Advisor) - Business & Supply Chain Transformation to join our growing team. This is a unique opportunity to work with some of the UK's most innovative manufacturers, helping them improve performance, accelerate growth, and adopt cutting-edge technologies. Working across multiple industrial sectors including aerospace, automotive and advanced manufacturing, you'll lead strategic transformation programmes that deliver measurable business impact and operational excellence.

• Assess manufacturing operations and supply chain performance
• Identify opportunities for business improvement and technology adoption
• Develop transformation roadmaps aligned to business growth strategies
• Lead stakeholder workshops and collaborative improvement programmes
• Deliver supply chain optimisation and capability enhancement initiatives
• Drive business process re-engineering and operational excellence improvements
• Coach and mentor client teams and internal colleagues
• Manage project delivery, budgets, timescales, and customer expectations
• Contribute to innovation, new product development, and capability-building activities across the organisation.

You will bring significant industry experience and a proven track record of delivering complex business, operational, or supply chain transformation programmes.

• Degree-qualified in Engineering or equivalent industry experience
• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, supply chain, operations, or transformation leadership roles
• Experience leading large-scale manufacturing or supply chain transformation projects
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels from shop floor to executive board
• Commercial and financial awareness
• Experience managing change, leading teams, and coaching others
• Strong problem-solving skills and experience applying continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma, DMAIC, 8D, or PPS
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills
• Ability to work independently while leading multidisciplinary project teams.

• Experience across multiple industrial sectors
• Supply chain strategy and implementation expertise
• Six Sigma Black Belt certification
• ASCM, IoSCM, or similar professional qualifications
• MBA
• Experience with in consultancy environments
• Eligibility to obtain security clearance.

You’ll join an organisation at the forefront of manufacturing innovation, working on high-impact projects that help UK industry become more productive, resilient, and competitive.

• Hybrid and flexible working
• Vitality Private Medical Insurance
• Competitive pension scheme
• Tusker Car Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe. The MTC's engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.

Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry,…