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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