Head of Supply Chain

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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.

 We are happy to talk flexible working

Just so you know, we review CV’s as we receive them, and interview as soon as we have applications that look like a good match. So, please apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out on this role. 

If you require any accommodations or adjustments for the interview, please do not hesitate to reach out to the hiring manager when asked to schedule an interview. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming environment for all candidates and celebrate individuals being their authentic selves within a working environment.

Benefits Package

We are pleased to offer a comprehensive benefits package alongside a competitive salary including:

• 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

We do not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Apollo and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee. Any CVs that are not submitted through the Workday portal will not be considered.

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