Supply Chain Manager

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 IrvinGQ 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, the role 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.

• Lead through visibly demonstrating and instilling our culture.
• Champion IrvinGQ’s 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.

• 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 elevate 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Lead supply chain improvement projects that improve customer…