At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and develop a high-performing supply chain team across various functions.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company focused on a safer, cleaner future.
- Benefits: Flexible working hours, competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits package.
- Other info: Inclusive environment with opportunities for professional development and career growth.
- Why this job: Shape a critical function and make a visible impact on business performance.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in supply chain leadership and strong negotiation skills.
The predicted salary is between 59576 - 70089 £ per year.
Help grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day. Are you a strategic supply chain leader who thrives on driving performance, building strong supplier partnerships, and delivering operational excellence? We’re looking for an experienced Head of Supply Chain to lead and develop a high-performing team across procurement, planning, inventory, warehousing, logistics, and ERP-driven process improvement.
In this senior leadership role, you will take ownership of the end-to-end supply chain strategy, ensuring the business has the right materials, processes, and supplier relationships in place to support growth, service, and efficiency. You’ll play a key part in aligning supply chain performance with wider business goals, while continuously improving cost, quality, delivery, and operational resilience.
What you’ll be doing:
- Leading strategic procurement and category management activity
- Driving forecasting, material planning, and inventory optimisation
- Developing supplier relationships, contracts, and performance frameworks
- Improving warehousing and global logistics performance
- Enhancing ERP usage and supply chain processes to support better decision-making
- Setting clear team objectives, KPIs, and development plans
- Partnering across the business to strengthen planning and S&OP capability
- Reviewing make-vs-buy opportunities and identifying areas for optimisation
What we’re looking for:
- A proven supply chain leader with experience across procurement, planning, inventory, and logistics
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills
- Experience managing supplier performance and strategic vendor relationships
- A track record of driving cost improvement and operational efficiency
- Strong ERP and business systems knowledge
- Excellent communication, reporting, and stakeholder management skills
- A confident people leader who can build capability and deliver through others
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability in a fast-paced environment
Why join us? This is an opportunity to shape and influence a critical function, lead meaningful improvement, and make a visible impact on business performance. If you’re looking for a senior role where strategy and execution go hand in hand, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits Package
- Flexi-start and finish times (1pm finish on a Friday available)
- Optional 9-day fortnight
- 50/50 office and home working
- Buying/selling holiday
- 14 weeks of paid parental leave (new parents) and phased return to work for those parents that take extended leave i.e. maternity, adoption leave
- Training and professional development
- Employee Bonus Scheme
- Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 10.5% (subject to conditions)
- Non-contributory Share Scheme (Halma shares have shown sustained performance growth)
- BUPA for eligible employees
- Health cash plan – contribution towards health care costs
- EAP Workplace options
- Life insurance – 4 times base salary
- Long service awards and additional holiday
- 24/7 support healthline
- Cycle to work scheme
- Participation/sponsorship for volunteering & charitable events
- Benefits for engineers as an IET Enterprise Partner
- Free electric car charging
- Free onsite parking
- Subsidised canteen
Head of Supply Chain in Havant employer: Apollo Fire Detectors Ltd.
Join us in Havant as the Head of Supply Chain, where you will lead a dynamic team dedicated to driving operational excellence and strategic supplier partnerships. Our inclusive work culture promotes flexibility with options for remote working, a comprehensive benefits package including generous parental leave, and opportunities for professional development, making us an exceptional employer for those seeking meaningful impact in their careers.
Contact Details:
Apollo Fire Detectors Ltd. Recruitment Team
