Supply Chain Manager
Burnley
Looking after the people who make Safran great is our priority. We offer a range of flexible benefits designed to support you—both in and out of work, including:
- Competitive salary
- 37 hour working week over 4.5 days with a 1pm finish on Friday
- Flexi-time scheme that allows you to take two half days or one full day off per month
- 33 days annual leave [inclusive of bank holidays]
- Option to purchase an additional 5 days of annual leave
- 10% employer pension contribution / 5% employee contribution with the option to increase this voluntarily through tax efficient salary exchange
- 4 x life insurance benefit as a member of the pension scheme
- Non-contributory BUPA private medical insurance plan
- Group income protection scheme
- Support for your continuous professional development and career development
- Enhanced sickness, maternity, adoption and paternity leave
- Excellent on-site catering facilities offering subsidised hot and cold breakfast and lunch
Safran – Here, we craft excellence together.
At Safran, excellence is a journey – and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision
Your Role
The Supply Chain Manager role is a critical, high-impact position, where you'll take full ownership of planning, control, and performance across a complex UAP environment. This is a leadership role at the heart of operations—driving demand scenario modelling, balancing capacity against fluctuating workloads, and ensuring seamless execution from MPS/MRP through to detailed scheduling and delivery.
Key responsibilities:
- Manage the Planning and Control Process for the UAP's Supply Chain
- Lead the Supply Chain department and team
- Manage the resource taking care to monitor all critical and bottleneck areas
- Implement action plans to minimise hazards including external supply constraints, transfers etc, in order to maintain the desired service level
- Create the inventory forecast and monitor progress, with accountability for inventory accuracy
- Manage the MPS and the MRP validation, adapting the supply plan or MPS in case of under / overload to balance load and capacity, suggesting actions for increased flexibility to absorb occasional overload
- Manage the detailed scheduling process following the calculation of the MRP plan and control and optimise component / materials availability and stock levels
- Establish detailed production and procurement schedules, ensuring that they are executed as planned, adjusting according to risks of the external environment
- Ensure that deadlines are upheld to honour customer requirements by being accountable for the OTD for External and Internal commitments
