Head of Supply Chain in Abercynon

Company Overview

COME JOIN OUR JOURNEY! When you join TT, you join our global community of visionaries, creators, and achievers dedicated to engineering and manufacturing electronic solutions enabling a safer, healthier and more sustainable world. Simply put, we are a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics that benefit our planet and people for future generations. We are committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. Our teams are fueled by performance and expertise, leading the charge in innovation, efficiency and delivering world-class customer service. Be part of the journey.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

We require a Head of Supply Chain to join our team in Abercynon, South Wales. This is a Site Leadership role, reporting to the General Manager, responsible for driving strategic plan for supply chain, along with the day to day management of the purchasing, planning and movement of goods departments.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Strategic Planning & Supply Chain Optimisation
  • Develop and implement supply chain strategies to align with business objectives, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
  • Lead end-to-end supply chain planning, balancing demand with production and optimising inventory levels.
  • Lead accountability for inventory planning and delivery of plan.
  • Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance supply chain performance and reduce lead times.
• Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP)
  • Oversee the SIOP process to align demand with production capacity, inventory management, and procurement.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, finance, and operations to ensure optimal supply-demand balance.
  • Analyse market trends, customer demand, and supply constraints to drive data-driven decision-making.
• Master Scheduling & Production Planning
  • Develop and maintain a robust master production schedule that optimizes capacity, labour, and materials.
  • Co-ordinate with Operations to develop supply and capacity scenarios.
  • Work closely with manufacturing to ensure smooth production flow while minimizing bottlenecks.
  • Monitor schedule adherence and adjust productions plans proactively in response to demand and supply chain fluctuations.
• Key Responsibilities - Inventory and Stores
  • Oversee inventory policies, ensuring optimal stock levels to meet production needs while minimizing excess.
  • Implement best practices for warehouse and material handling to improve accuracy, efficiency, and traceability.
  • Drive inventory accuracy through cycle counting, audits, and process improvements.
• Supplier and Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Manage relationships with key suppliers to ensure timely material availability and mitigate supply chain risks.
  • Work closely with procurement teams to enhance supplier performance, cost savings, and contract negotiations.
  • Ensure alignment between supply chain, engineering, and quality teams for component lifecycle management.
• People Management
  • Ensure adherence to company codes of conduct, timekeeping and disciplines.
  • Define and track key performance indicators (KPI’s) such as On-Time In-Full (OTIF), inventory turns and schedule adherence.
  • Ensure compliance with industry regulations, quality standards and company policies.
  • Lead and mentor supply chain teams, fostering a high-performance culture focused on operational excellence.
  • Work with the global group teams in support of TT Company strategies and initiatives into the site.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

• Experience managing a busy supply chain function, dealing with customers and suppliers at all levels.
• Able to understand and meet the needs of customers, both internal and external.
• A data focussed, logical decision making approach, applying business insights and opportunities in a structured manner.
• Excellent negotiation skills with proven track record of cost reduction.
• An inspirational and motivational leader, able to navigate, manage and, where appropriate, effect change.
• Able to communicate ideas to others clearly, with a confident and open demeanour, respecting other points of view.
• A strategic thinker with an innovative approach to problem solving.
• ERP proficient.

What We Offer

• From this role you will have the opportunity to develop the experience needed to explore and progress to more senior leadership roles within TT Electronics Abercynon, if this is your own career plan.
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Healthcare cashback plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Short Term Incentive Plan Financial wellbeing benefit
• Discounted online and high street shopping and lifestyle vouchers
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted RAC membership
• Discounted Gym membership at local leisure centres
• Specsavers vouchers
• Free Fruit Tuesdays
• 75 hours annual leave plus bank holidays
• A supportive and friendly working environment with a focus on wellbeing and sustainability

TT Electronics are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under-represented groups.

Please be aware that many roles at TT Electronics are subject to both security and export control restrictions which means that limitations relating to nationality may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). TT Electronics is unable to sponsor work visas for this role. We hold Health and Safety in the highest regard at TT, with the Wellbeing of our employees our top priority. Any successful candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Screening.

Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World. We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe – so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics takes positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you!

Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to your application, in order that we can accommodate and support you in the process. You can do this by emailing TTRecruitment@ttelectronics.com.

If you want to work for a company where who you are is valued and respected, we’d love to hear from you.