You will be responsible for managing supplier performance, ensuring timely material availability, and optimising inventory movement to support operational and contractual demands. Your ability to build strong relationships with both internal teams and external suppliers will be crucial in driving efficiency, resolving supply chain challenges, and enhancing overall delivery performance.
This fast-paced and dynamic role requires a proactive mindset, strong analytical skills, and a passion for continuous improvement. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and are eager to make a tangible impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
What you’ll do:
* Actively manage and develop team members.
* Agree and measure challenging targets, achieving these through process improvement, working across team boundaries and within a self-learning culture.
* Ensuring compliance with Engineering Policy, Statutory Airworthiness requirements, Safety Standards, Company Standing Instructions and Health and Safety Legislation.
* Manage the repair and overhaul of material within internal workshops and subcontracted suppliers.
* Manage budgets ensuring total cost of ownership.
* Plan and manage the material requirements for Aircraft and Programmes modifications.
* Ensure all quotes, scrap and exchanges are actioned in the Service Centre teams as well as actioning of planned orders and purchase orders.
* Be the focal within the Commercial & Supply Chain organisation for the ownership & escalation of all critical/AOG material issues.
* Evaluate potential suppliers and take responsibility for subsequent sourcing decisions.
* Maintain the contractual arrangements that exist with suppliers, seeking opportunities to reduce complexity, reduce costs and improve services for your category.
* Ensure the value negotiated in any contract is maintained through its life by continual assessment of current available data, making changes as required through
What you’ll bring to us:
* Demonstrable ability to identify root cause issues and deliver effective solutions
* Coaching & interpersonal skills.
* Demonstrate effective presentation, written and oral communication skills.
* Strong analytical skills.
* Long term problem solving.
* IT and SAP literacy, and particularly MRP.
* Customer focus.
* Ability to manage spend within budget.
* Innovative and adaptable to the management of change.
Your experience:
* Formal business related qualification to HNC / HND or equivalent experience.
* Proven procurement experience.
* Proven inventory management experience.