Head of Supply Chain - #142589

Department: Procurement & Supply Chain

Location: Cheltenham

Compensation: £70,000 - £75,000 / year

Description

Job Title: Head of Supply Chain
Reporting to: Director of Procurement and Supply Chain
Location: Remote
Full time (Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week)
£70,000 - £75,000 Per Annum (DOE)

About Substantial Group
At Netomnia, we are dedicated to bringing forgotten parts of the UK into the digital revolution and building your fibre future!

We do this through investing in and building new full-fibre networks across the UK; future-proofing homes and businesses with reliable, high-quality, high-speed internet connections.

YouFibre is a team of experts on a mission to provide Faster, Fairer, Kinder Internet across the UK. Founded in 2019, we’re on a mission to bring ultrafast Internet to our customers.

Guided by the principles of flawless customer support, fair contracts, and affordable pricing, YouFibre brings the full fibre experience direct to your home or office to create the best Internet experience possible.

The Job
We are looking for a Head of Supply Chain with the expertise and talent to scale and run a best in class group Supply Chain department. The role is wide ranging and transformational.

You will be a natural communicator who has the drive and mindset to build a new Supply Chain capability from scratch and lead a team of motivated loyal staff. You will be laser focused, you will put your colleagues at the fore and you will be fully dedicated to bring your personality to work every day.

If you like being close to the action working together with our suppliers and partnering across the business to solve problems, then roll your sleeves up, come and make decisions and create something from nothing. You will be a huge success.


Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Procurement and Supply Chain Director, you will be responsible for the supply of materials to the Group. You will set the strategy for our future capability, lead a programme of transformational work streams, and increase the maturity levels of the department with a team who will thrive working with you.

The Head of Supply Chain is responsible for developing and maintaining the supply of materials across the Group, which includes; Netomnia, YouFibre and Brsk. You will enjoy managing a team who provide services including planning, ordering, warehouse management, inventory control, in and outbound logistics and auditing.

As Head of Supply Chain you will identify and drive cost saving opportunities and have the authority to make decisions to improve the services we provide. We want you to bring your personality to the fore, show your commitment to our cause, your passion for bringing new ideas to life, and your desire to solve problems.

You will be responsible for:
• Being the person that everyone says is brilliant
• Bringing happiness and motivation to you and your team
• None stop positivity
• Doing the right thing
• Making decisions based on integrity
• Participation, engagement, courage and encouragement

You will be accountable for:
• Setting and running the vision for your team
• Aligning strategies to business goals and objectives
• Increasing the maturity level of the group supply chain capability
• Running a team who are greater than the sum of their parts
• Keeping up to date with the market
• Supply Chain policy
• Supply Chain process
• Supply Chain procedures
• Supply Chain systems
• Introducing new materials
• Driving cost saving and cost avoidance strategies
• Helping your team at the coalface when you know you need to
• Leading your team to be responsible for:

• Supply chain management
• Planning management
• Purchasing
• Open orders management
• Customs clearance
• Managing our outsourced warehousing operations
• Good receipting
• Inventory control
• Stock catalogues
• Pick and pack operations
• Inbound and outbound transportation
• Ensuring we always have the materials we need
  
  
  
  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Skills:

• Transformational change
• Team building
• Big picture thinking
• Negotiation, influence and persuasion
• Supplier relationship management
• Internal relationship management
• Pricing & cost analysis
• Internal stakeholder management
• Innovation

Knowledge:

• A deep understanding of commercial operations
• Transformational change and project management
• Planning
• Logistics
• Inventory control
• Warehousing
• Supply chain systems
• FTTP civils & fibre contractors
• FTTP manufactures and distributors
• FTTP network architecture
• Financial Analysis
• Risk Assessment
  
  
  

Why our people love working with us:

· Equity – yes, a real part of the company!
· 25 days leave plus bank holidays
· Plus an extra day off for your birthday!
· Pension scheme that matches your contribution up to 8%
· Phone allowance
· Health care cash plan
· Cycle to work Scheme
· Employee assistance programme
· PPE provided
· IT equipment provided
· Remote working
· Discounted Gym memberships
· Retail offers – discounts from recognisable brands
· Company Events
· Travel expenses paid
· Annual Bonus up to 30% of salary (discretionary of the business)
· Free YouFibre broadband if you are within our area, plus friends & family discount
· Life assurance giving you cover of 4 times your basic salary
· Colleague referral scheme of £500
· Continuous development and long-term career prospects