Supply Chain Director

Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a market leading Aerospace organisation to recruit a Supply Chain Director for an initial 6 Month contract. There is a rate of £600-£750 Per Day Umbrella on offer for the successful candidate. The role would be based at my clients offices in Wolverhampton through we would expect that there will be some hybrid working.

Please find the job spec. below:

*We are recruiting a UK Supply Chain Director to lead end-to-end supply chain performance for my client’s business.

This is a senior leadership role with full accountability for direct material spend, supplier performance, and supply chain resilience in a highly regulated environment.

This role suits a commercially minded, solutions-driven leader who thrives on fixing problems, improving systems, and raising standards. You'll be well versed in creating high performing teams, supporting NPI & creating a proactive rather than reactive culture.

What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?

• Leading the end-to-end supply chain across two UK aerospace manufacturing sites • Owning and executing the UK supply chain strategy aligned to business and customer requirements • Full accountability for all direct material spend, including raw materials and engineered components • Driving cost reduction, value engineering, and total cost of ownership initiatives • Negotiating and managing strategic supplier agreements • Ensuring continuity of supply, capacity assurance, and supplier risk mitigation • Leading supplier performance across OTIF, quality, cost, and delivery • Ensuring materials availability to support production plans and programme commitments • Improving S&OP, MRP effectiveness, inventory optimisation, and working capital performance • Embedding a continuous improvement culture across procurement, planning, and logistics • Leading structured improvement initiatives to eliminate root cause issues • Building, developing, and holding accountable a high-performing, multi-site supply chain team*

*Essential skills:

• Senior supply chain leadership experience within aerospace or a similarly regulated manufacturing environment • Proven ownership of direct spend and complex supplier networks • Excellent commercial capability with confident supplier negotiation experience

Desirable skills:

• Track record of delivering cost, delivery, and supply resilience improvements • Experience leading multi-site supply chain teams • Comfortable operating at pace in a demanding, high-accountability environment • Degree qualified (Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business) • Lean / Six Sigma or equivalent continuous improvement experience • Experience supporting NPI or programme ramp-ups*

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