Position: Supply Chain Officer
Job ID: 187/164
Location: Southampton
Rate/Salary: £30,000 + Great Benefits
Type: Permanent
HSB Technical Ltd is a specialist recruiter within the Power & Propulsion, Shipbuilding, Shipping & Energy, and Aerospace sectors.
Typically, this person will be accountable for managing and developing a network of suppliers to consistently meet the company's quality, cost, and delivery standards, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and alignment with best-in-class operational practices.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Build and maintain strong vendor relationships to foster innovation and long-term value.
2. Manage commercial agreements and supplier performance to meet quality and delivery standards, with support from quality teams.
3. Purchase materials/services aligned with business needs and processes, ensuring the lowest total cost of ownership.
4. Assess risks, support mitigation plans, and communicate with relevant parties.
5. Support operational improvement projects in collaboration with Supply Chain and other teams.
6. Provide management reports, KPIs, and data insights for decision-making.
7. Conduct market benchmarking and make-or-buy analyses.
Qualifications and Requirements:
1. Familiarity with supply chain/procurement processes; knowledge from a production materials environment is desirable.
2. Proficient in Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
3. Strong relationship-building, communication (phone, email, face-to-face), planning, and organizational skills.
4. Experience in purchasing, supply chain, inventory management, supplier negotiations, and relationship management.
5. Extensive ERP or similar system use.
6. CIPS qualification or working towards but not essential.
This vacancy is being advertised by HSB Technical who have been appointed to act as the recruitment consultancy for this role.
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