Supplier Development Lead

Your new company
Our client is a multinational aerospace, defence, and information security company. It is one of the largest defence contractors in Europe. The company employs around 100,000 people across more than 40 countries, working on cutting-edge technology-led solutions for military, security, and space sectors. They collaborate with local partners to develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems that enhance military capability, protect national security, and secure critical information and infrastructure. Their areas of expertise include autonomous technologies, innovation in space, advanced manufacturing, and digital integration across military and security domains.
Your new role
Joining the Strategic Supply Chain team, you will be involved in procuring materials and services as required for the International Navy through life support activities. This is a dynamic team with the ability to proactively develop solutions that can meet the business' needs. This role will also offer you encouragement and support through personal and functional development.

• Executing Supplier Development principals, toolsets, and processes at a strategic level to resolve supplier performance issues, mitigate risk, generate additional value, and deliver optimised cost
• Carrying out supplier assessments, including management systems, process capability, ramp to rate, capacity assessments etc
• Identifying improvement opportunities with suppliers and leading the implementation of associated workstreams
• Facilitating improvement workshops and training/coaching cross functional teams on toolsets and approaches
• Coordinating cross-platform integration of improvement workstreams and risk mitigation
• Building and managing cross business strategic relationships and networks
• Providing regular communications into the senior procurement community

What you'll need to succeed
Essential:

• Understanding of the key drivers to Supplier Development and experience of supplier performance management & development tool sets with a continuous improvement and problem solving mind-set
• Project management skills with an understanding of the whole product lifecycle and the ability to manage multiple work streams
• Has a Safety, People, Quality, Delivery & Cost improvement approach (SPQDC)
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence others across the business
• Experience of developing & delivering training and skills deployment interventions

Desirable:

• Ability to present to stakeholders at all levels
• Lean Six Sigma trained or equivalent
• APQP experience

Please be aware that many roles working for our client will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
What you'll get in return
You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
What you need to do now
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