Head of Supply Chain - Barclay Meade : Job Details

A Well-known brad are recruiting a Head of Supply Chain. An exciting end-to-end supply chain opportunity encompassing; procurement (tactical and category), supplier management, logistics and warehousing, total spend of £120m.

The Head of Supply Chain will be responsioble for developing and implementing supply chain strategy across; Procurement, Warehousing and Logistics to ensure an effective supply chain offering for colleagues and end users. The Head of Supply Chain will have six direct reports made up of; Senior Category Managers, a Procurement Operations Manager and a Warehouse & Logistics Manager, with a wider indirect team of c65. Now is an exciting time to join the function , in what is a new role with a mandate to drive change and improve processes.

Specific duties of the Head of Supply Chain include:

• Develop procurement capability; category management, purchasing, and supplier management
• Design and deliver an optimised fulfillment model for production and spares
• Promote the use and invest in supply chain analytics to help drive decision making
• Mitigate risk through ensuring supply chain staff; receive training, are aware of compliance/H&S etc.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and innovation with the supply chain function

Head of Supply Chain applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Experience in a supply chain or procurement leadership role, managing multi-discipline
• Experience in the marine, manufacturing, engineering or non-profit sectors
• Capable of driving change and/or experience of functional transformation
• A strategist, capable of seeing the "big picture"
• A qualification within Supply Chain, Procurement or Logistics