To lead a team of Supply Chain staff and provide Subject Matter Expertise to the business.

DE&S have an opportunity to become part of the Strategic Enablers (SE) domain. SE delivers a wide range of capabilities to the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force as well as Strategic Command. Within the Integrated Battlespace Operating Centre, the Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems Delivery Team (ADEWS DT) is based at RAF Henlow and is responsible for a variety of projects and in-service support in the area of air defence radar, radios, antennas structures and radomes and specialist electronic warfare facilities.

Candidates should be aware that, under the Defence Estate Optimisation Strategy, RAF Henlow has been identified as a site for release. Further information will be made available as it becomes available.

This position requires extensive travel to RAF Spadeadam, Cumbria, MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol and possibly other locations as required

Responsibilities

In this role you will be responsible for the delivery of the Supply Chain aspects of the requirement in accordance with customer agreements by using demand, supply and project management skills and techniques.

You will engage stakeholders and create consensual solutions to drive and deliver outcomes in a way that identifies risks and recommend clear, viable mitigating actions. Your approach will be to listen, understand and to respect the value of different views, ideas and ways of working to make ongoing improvements to delivery while bringing your stakeholders on the journey with you.

To succeed, you will need to be highly proactive with a continuous improvement mindset. Leading teams, you will encourage a culture of imaginative thinking, learning from experience and expanding mindsets to challenge the status quo to continually drive for improved quality.

Given the dynamic environment, no two days will be quite the same; one may find you conducting a rolling, regular review of the requirements you look after with your customer and the front-line commands to ensure the successful ongoing improvements. Another may involve meeting with your suppliers regarding specific issues and developing bespoke but scalable solutions that minimise service or capability downtime and optimise costs associated with the support.

You will translate aims into clear manageable plans and determine resource requirements to support implementation, facilitating flexible use of resources across the organisation through innovative structuring of resources within your own area. Regularly interpret management information to provide valuable business insights and work alongside senior colleagues to help share strategy and policy within your role area. In cases where the deliverable or capability is not being delivered to the required quality, cost or timescales you will need to identify the issues and take appropriate action. This will require you having great customer and supplier management skills along with the ability to lead teams made up of many disciplines, making sure everyone is working and communicating with each other to deliver your clear plan of action.

What you will be assessed against

To be found successful you must demonstrate the following essential criteria:

* Experience of managing supply chains of a high-value or critical asset management nature

* Strong leadership and people management skills including change management and development

* Experience of implementing effective governance & assurance to meet the implementation & application of supply chain management policy

* A strong background in asset accounting and inventory optimisation activities

* Comprehensive knowledge of data management and analysis skills to diagnose, improve and drive supplier performance, compliance and demand planning

* Education to post-graduate qualification level or equivalent experience appropriate for an SME

* Experience of leading the identification and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives


It would benefit your application should you be able to demonstrate the following desirable criteria:

* Military/Defence/Industry Logistics experience

* Experience of managing high value/complex contracted supply chain partnerships.

If you are invited to an interview, you will be assessed against the following technical competencies:

* Making Evidence-Based Decisions

* Managing Support Supplier and Customer Network

If you are invited to an interview, you will be assessed against the following behaviours:

* Leadership

* Communicating and influencing

Role Shuts on Sunday 10th January 2021

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