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Position: Supply Chain Officer
Job ID: 187/164
Location: Southampton
Rate/Salary: £30,000 + Great Benefits
Type: Permanent
HSB Technical Ltd is a specialist recruiter within the Power & Propulsion, Shipbuilding, Shipping & Energy and Aerospace sectors. We have a number of permanent and contract vacancies for multiple businesses across the UK and overseas.
The below job description will outline this position of: Supply Chain Officer
Typically, this person will be accountable for managing and developing a network of suppliers to consistently meet the company's quality, cost, and delivery standards, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and alignment with best-in-class operational practices.
HSB Technical’s client is a very established and well-regarded business entity.
Duties and responsibilities of the Supply Chain Officer:
- Build and maintain strong vendor relationships to foster innovation and long-term value
- Manage commercial agreements and supplier performance to meet quality and delivery standards, with support from quality teams
- Purchase materials/services aligned with business needs and processes, ensuring the lowest total cost of ownership
- Assess risks, support mitigation plans, and communicate with relevant parties
- Support operational improvement projects in collaboration with Supply Chain and other teams
- Provide management reports, KPIs, and data insights for decision-making
- Conduct market benchmarking and make-or-buy analyses
Qualifications and requirement for the Supply Chain Officer:
- Familiarity with supply chain/procurement processes; Knowledge from a production materials environment is desirable
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Strong relationship-building, communication (phone, email, face-to-face), planning, and organizational skills
- Experience in purchasing, supply chain, inventory management, supplier negotiations, and relationship management
- Extensive ERP or similar system use
- CIPS qualification or working towards but not essential
This vacancy is being advertised by HSB Technical who have been appointed to act as the recruitment consultancy for this role.
