Supplier Development Manager

Job Title: Supplier Development ManagerSalary: £40,000 - £50,000 depending on experience Location: Stevenage Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2 days per week on-site due to workload classificationSecurity Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. The opportunity:An opportunity has arisen within a leading Defence organisation. The successful candidate will bring their experience and knowledge to ensure effective supplier performance, capability, and risk management. As a team, we work across all programmes in a dynamic environment, managing and implementing both mature and emerging technologies.What we're looking for from you:Ideally a degree calibre Supply Chain professional with experience of international working in high technology companies.Experience of supply chain management/ Supplier Development Manager in the Aerospace, Defence or Manufacturing environments.A proven ability to:Demonstrated ability to improve Supplier Performance (Delivery and Quality)using appropriate tools and lean methodologiesCapable of carrying out capacity audits which will identify key bottlenecks, yield, resources and sub-tier mapping activities to form an industrial view of supplierManaging a portfolio of suppliers on a day to day basis and reporting into designated project the performance and manage supply chain risks to closureAssess supply chain and suppliers capability to meet delivery profile for both current state vs Future stateCompetent in creating/ validating process flows and lead time analysisConducting analysis and providing/delivering executive summaries

Created: 2025-07-23