Supply Chain Manager in Glasgow

The Supply Chain Manager provides results-driven leadership across purchasing, planning, inventory management, and logistics, ensuring a seamless supply of materials to support production efficiency and customer delivery performance. The role manages all aspects of material flow, supplier performance, planning accuracy, and logistics execution while driving continuous improvement to deliver increased agility, cost-effectiveness, and reliability across the supply chain.

What You'll Bring

• Degree qualified in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Materials Management, or related discipline (or equivalent proven experience).
• CIPS Level 3 (minimum).
• Proven track record in supply chain leadership (purchasing, planning, and/or logistics) within a complex, preferably international supply chain manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams with diverse functions and skillsets.
• Successful delivery of measurable improvements in OTD, supplier performance, inventory management, and cost reduction.
• Demonstrated ability to lead process improvements and organisational development.
• High-level working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems in a manufacturing context, preferably Infor Syteline.
• Experience operating with ISO9001 quality systems.
• Strong commercial, analytical, communication, and influencing skills.

What You'll Do

• Purchasing Management: Lead supplier selection, sourcing, price and terms negotiation. Ensure that supplier relationships deliver improved cost, lead times, quality, and on-time delivery (OTD). Anticipate and resolve material, supplier, or logistics issues that could affect production schedules or customer commitments.
• Planning Management: Oversee demand forecasting, build to stock vs build to sell, make vs buy, capacity planning, and order scheduling to support production, reduce lead times and cost, and prevent bottlenecks. Ensure that WorkCentre screens are maintained accurately to allow operators to follow the required sequence and protect OTD.
• Inventory Management: Ensure effective systems and processes to lower overall inventory held on site, while maintaining accurate stock levels, reducing working capital, and increasing inventory turns, all while ensuring uninterrupted supply in accordance with corporate Supply Chain KPIs.
• Logistics Management: Oversee goods in, material handling, dispatch, shipping, and invoicing activities, ensuring efficient flow of materials and finished goods while minimizing waste and delays. Coordinate Incoterms and ensure goods are cleared through customs and arrive with international customers within expected delivery timeframes.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve cross functional collaboration, and strengthen supply chain responsiveness and efficiencies. Serve as onsite coordinator of continuous improvement kaizen events, arranging a minimum of two events per year, documenting before and after states, and uploading improvement evidence to Dover Kaizen Channel and Site Productivity Tracker. Collaborate with Production, Sales/Customer Service, Finance, and Engineering to balance supply chain priorities with operational, commercial, and financial goals. Track and analyze Supply Chain KPIs (such as OTD, supplier performance, inventory value, counts and accuracy, turns) to identify gaps and drive improvement.
• Leadership: Lead and motivate a multidisciplinary Supply Chain team across Planning, Purchasing, and Goods in and Shipping/Dispatch functions, building collaboration while maintaining clear accountability. Develop team skills and capabilities through coaching, cross training, and structured career development. Create a culture of accountability, empowerment, and continuous improvement across both office based and shop floor logistics employees. Represent Supply Chain priorities at the site leadership level, contributing to broader operational and strategic decision making. Lead by example to promote safety, quality, and continuous improvement.