Head Of Supply Chain
General Dynamics
- Oakdale, Caerphilly
- £74,400-93,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and implement the SCM strategy to ensure it meets the business requirements and customer deliverables, as well as ensure the departmental performance against goals
- Ensure that the supply chain department meets or improves on budget, cost, and efficiency targets (KPIs) in line with business objectives
- Manage and promote key supplier relationships and collaboration
- Deliver clear leadership and direction to the supply chain team to engender a customer and delivery-focused approach
- Be a single point of contact for the business unit for material budgets, UMC, MEAC – ETC information
- Experience in procurement and subcontract management in a technical engineering environment. Defence,aerospace or the automotive sector would be preferential.
- Experience of managing teams based in multiple locations
- Experience working in the tactical environment (what needs to be done now to achieve the current business aims) and the strategic environment (establishing and aligning the team around strategic objectives and goals)
- Strong negotiation skills
- Leadership through influence and effective conflict resolution
- Strong financial experience
- Strong communication skills from the front end to the boardroom
- A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
- A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
- A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits
Please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.