Inventory Manager

Organisation: Defence Equipment & Support
Salary:£36,000 per annum (plus generous benefits)
Grade: Senior Technical Specialist I
Working Pattern: Full time, Flexible Working
Contract Type: Permanent

At Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), we supply and maintain vital equipment and services for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. Together, we deliver a vast range of essential defence programmes, and strive for what's next. Because it helps keep our military at the top of their game and our nation safe – for today, and tomorrow.

DE&S has recently been integrated into the National Armaments Director (NAD) Group. The NAD Group brings together key Ministry of Defence (MOD) organisations to unite expertise across science, technology, procurement, infrastructure, and support to provide integrated capabilities faster and more efficiently for our armed forces and our allies.

This is an exciting new opportunity to enable better ways of working and empower greater collaboration across Defence. For further information about the NAD Group, please visit:
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We offer 25+ days’ holiday, flexible and hybrid working, enhanced parental leave schemes, shopping discounts, and an exceptional employer pension contribution of 28.97%, to help make work work for you.

For security reasons this role is open to sole UK nationals only. A ‘sole UK national’ refers to an individual who holds citizenship solely in the UK, without dual citizenship or nationality from another country. We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship.

This role requires you to have lived in the UK for the last 5 years and obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance . Clearance must be obtained without any caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role you’ve been recruited for. If it isn’t obtained, or is obtained but with caveats that prevent you from carrying out the role, any conditional offer made to you will be withdrawn.

Obtaining SC security clearance can be a lengthy process, and we reserve the right to withdraw any conditional offer made if the necessary security clearance isn’t obtained within 12 months.

Want to play a key role in supporting aircraft availability at RAF Lossiemouth?

We have an exciting opportunity to join us at RAF Lossiemouth as an Inventory Manager, part of the wider Operational Delivery Profession. You’ll be part of the Multi-Mission Aircraft Delivery Team, supporting the P-8 Poseidon and E-7 Wedgetail platforms.

You’ll deliver inventory management activities across the supply chain for both platforms, including Item Data Management, Customer Demand Planning, Inventory Supply Planning, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Performance Management and Inventory Disposals.

Working collaboratively with Front Line Command representatives, contractor partners and FMS support teams, you’ll help ensure an optimised inventory that directly supports aircraft availability.

You’ll join at an exciting time as P-8 and E-7 support continues to cohere and align at RAF Lossiemouth. This is a fast-paced and diverse role where you’ll have a real sense of contributing directly to UK Defence.

We champion flexible ways of working. Regular in-person attendance at RAF Lossiemouth is required (this is expected to be approximately 60% of your working week) to promote the benefits of face-to-face collaboration alongside flexibility of hours to support work-life balance and business need. Initially, you may be expected to attend more frequently to familiarise yourselves with the site, the team, and your role.

What you’ll be doing

• Ensure all MoD owned inventory, within agreed ranges, are materiel and financially accounted for in accordance with Inventory Material & Financial Accounting Policy and Procedures to…