Senior Professional - Supply Chain

Role Summary

We have an exciting new contract opportunity based in Portsmouth as a Senior Professional - Supply Chain.

The role will be an initial 6-month contract and will provide you with the opportunity to work for our major defence client in the Maritime sector.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish & maintain accurate forecasts for supplier document deliveries, based on equipment maturity and supplier practicalities, for assigned Procurement Packs.


• Act as Comments Consolidator for Support CDRLs (for assigned suppliers and Procurement Packs), liaising with reviewers, suppliers and the engineering teams to achieve ontime, quality deliveries


• Continuously improve the processes relating to Supplier CDRLs Procurement Activities


• Plan procurements, including:




• Working with the teams and other stakeholders, to recommend or influence make/buy and sourcing solutions


• Identification of suppliers, including running competitions and gaining supplier approval where appropriate


• Flow down of appropriate terms and conditions


• Developing a negotiating strategy




• Place subcontracts, direct to the Maritime Services supply chain.


• Review and manage the supplier performance, manage change and maintain relationships.

Key skills & qualifications

• Requires professional knowledge and understanding of Procurement principles and practices, including an understanding of the impact and implications of decisions made across the wider Supply Chain


• Works with other functional representatives and/or customers and suppliers to meet operational needs of line management and the business.
  
  Typically this role would also be involved in roll-out and management of supply chain processes and technologies.


• Leading teams that maintain and update infrastructure and processes and transport management, as well as leading cross-functional teams to optimise these and implement improvements.


• Will have an in-depth understanding of how the teams co-ordinate their efforts and resources to achieve shared objectives.

What we're looking for in you

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


• Well-developed analytical/ problem solving/ decision making skills.


• Strong organisational skills who is adaptable in a fast-paced environment.


• Stakeholder management skills.

Location: Portsmouth

Rate: £36.80 per hour (inside IR35)

AAP3 is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.