Supply Chain Manager

Limited in your Supply Chain Manager role? Want to work in a leading fast growing manufacturer? Where you will play a key part in the company’s growth plans. Entrepreneurial, but don’t have the chance to fulfil this currently? This Supply Chain Manager role will give you the freedom to lead the Supply Chain team and implement key improvements and lean practices.

* Supply Chain Manager
* Hartford, Cambridgeshire
* Man-management experience
* Experienced in implementing MRP, Master scheduling and BOM error analysis.
* You will more than likely have a mechanical engineering background.
* Salary in the region of £54,000 – £66,000basic plus pension + healthcare + life assurance

The Company:

An exciting new Supply Chain Manager opportunity has arisen to join a growing company who have doubled in turnover over the past two years and based on guaranteed orders are projecting significant growth again in 2017. Due to their growth they have already opened an additional facility and are investing heavily in R&D and gaining new accreditations. You will be joining the market experts in composite materials, lightweight structures, design engineering and lean manufacturing. This company are continuing to add to its existing customer base across rail, aerospace and motorsport.

Overall Job Purpose:

To lead and manage the Supply Chain Department which consists of Stores, Procurement and Scheduling.

Skills required:

* Experienced in the implementation of MRP.
* Experienced in master production scheduling.
* Creating work centres and routings for a machine shop.
* BOM (Bill of Materials) error analysis.
* Production batch rules in machining.

Responsibilities / tasks:

* You will be responsible for Stores, Procurement and Scheduling.
* Reporting to you will be a Stores Manager, 2 people in Procurement a Scheduling Manager and a few others to make a team of 8 with 4 direct reports.
* Reduce the inventory by as much as 50%.
* Introduce Just in time and lean practices.
* Perpetual inventory management.
* Scrap process management.
* Visual inventory management on the shop floor.

Salary is dependent upon experience but is budgeted to be in the region of £54,000 – £66,000basic (negotiable for the right candidate) + pension + healthcare + 25 days holidays plus stats and 4x life assurance.