Overview
Supply Chain Manager
£53,000
Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defence platforms, and business/regional jets. With expertise in metallic and advanced composite manufacturing solutions, the company’s core products include fuselages, integrated wings and wing components, and nacelles. Also, Spirit serves the afterspanet for commercial and business/regional jets. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit has facilities in the U.S., U.K., France, Malaysia, and Morocco. More information is available at: www.spiritaero.com
These opportunities, based at our Belfast site, offer:
- 36 hour working week (half day Friday)
- Generous holidays
- Range of flexible schedules
- Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
- Death in service payment
- Company occupational sick scheme
- On site Occupational Health Department
- Employee Assistance Program
- Professional development and growth
- Coaching and mentoring
- Opportunity for advancement
- Free car parking
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Short term incentive Plan
- Private medical coverage
- Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
We offer an exciting opportunity to join our Supply Chain Department. This role is to ensure all transactional elements of the total Supply Chain, including delinquent supply harmonisation, manpower and capacity planning, support schedule requirements and optimise utilised assets. To provide rigorous governance and visibility to Senior Management to ensure site operational objectives are achieved.
Responsibilities
Principal accountabilities:
- Responsible for managing a team of up to 15 people.
- Ensure all relevant systems within the area operate to the highest level of data accuracy.
- Responsible for capacity/manpower planning within his/her area.
- Responsible for the physical management of material supply to meet production schedules in support of SOT.
- Responsible for the management of OTD and supply from internal and external sources, service providers and have a close working relationship all areas of Supply Chain including Strategic Sourcing.
- Ensure all departmental and statutory procedures are adhered to in relation to health and safety, working practices and SOX.
- Ensure world class inventory management practices across area of his/her responsibility.
- Ensure that parts supply management is disciplined, accurate and fully utilises all available automated data.
- Maintain a positive and constructive relationship with vendors and customers under difficult business conditions.
- Responsible for the professional development of his/her organisation.
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of AES processes and team BSC.
- Deputise for the Senior ML Manager as required.
- Responsible for rate readiness planning, governance and focus on risk mitigation within the Supply Chain.
Qualifications
Candidate Requirements:
It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that sufficient detail is provided on the application form to demonstrate how the applicant meets essential job criteria, as this alone will be used for vetting purposes.
- Candidates must possess a minimum of an HNC or relevant professional qualification (e.g., CPIM, CIPS) and have a minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in Material Logistics, Supply Chain or Procurement. Lesser-qualified candidates who have at least 7 years’ relevant experience in Material Logistics, Supply Chain or Procurement will also be considered.
- Candidates must also possess a minimum of 1 year’s people management experience.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
- A strong knowledge of relevant Company systems and procedures is required.
- Interfacing regularly with internal and external customers to demonstrate working examples/governance of KPIs and performance of OTD.
Completed applications must be submitted by 12PM Friday 25th July 2025.
We employ people from all sections of the community and are committed to the appointment of the best candidate based upon the merit principle alone. In pursuit of our equal opportunities programme, we would particularly welcome more applications from Catholics and females, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.
