Supply Chain Officer

Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a well respected Aerospace organisation. Due to an ever increasing workload, they are currently looking to recruit a Supply Chain Officer for an initial 12 month duration. The role would offer hybrid working with 3 days a week spent onsite in Chester and 2 days a week working from home. There is a rate of £21.68 Per Hour PAYE or £29 Per hour Umbrella on offer for the successful candidate.

Please find the job description below:

The successful candidate will drive supplier performance across the end to end supply chain in a fast-moving, digital environment.

This role manages a portfolio of suppliers in support of a number of Programmes.

The key mission of the Supply Chain Officer is:


- Daily management of the supplier portfolio using existing business tools and future digitalization means:
- Anticipation of risks and drive mitigation actions
- Demand and forecast control
- Communicate effectively to internal customers, team colleagues and external suppliers
- Supply chain prioritisation
- Challenge Supplier performance where appropriate
- Lead & Drive Supplier recoveries
- Understand and define the optimal ordering characteristics and strategy
- Specify and use of process automation
- Use data management tools to drive decisions in the supply chain
- Order Book Management and maintaining MRP Master Data
- Coordinate Supplier Working Parties

- Interact transnationally with suppliers (remotely and/or at suppliers) and proactively operate in a procurement community as partner to the Supply Chain Quality Manager and Commercial Buyer

- Be the 1st point of contact for supply chain queries from operations.

- Own and Optimise Procured Goods Stock.

- Create the future: Support Supply chain and Logistics Transformation projects

Desired skills and education:

Solid experience ideally in one of the following areas: Supply Chain, Procurement,
Manufacturing Engineering, Design Engineering.
• Experience in the use and deployment of Digital solutions/tools
• Experience of transnational working
• MRP expertise and experience of SAP in a manufacturing environment
• Expertise in problem solving.
• Good team work ethic
• Negotiation level of English
• Project management and LEAN experience.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the business
• Willingness to travel and flexibility

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