Supply Chain Manager

Supply Chain Manager

Ready to lead supply chain strategy and supplier performance across major nuclear and infrastructure programmes?

Role Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Supply Chain Manager to join a growing nuclear business supporting the delivery of complex, high-value projects. Reporting to the Project Director, you will be responsible for developing and implementing end-to-end supply chain strategies, managing supplier relationships, overseeing procurement activities, and ensuring robust governance across project delivery.

This position offers the opportunity to play a key role in shaping supply chain capability, improving delivery certainty, and supporting some of the UKs most significant nuclear and infrastructure programmes.

What Youll Be Doing

• Developing and executing supply chain strategies aligned with project delivery objectives.
• Leading supplier engagement, qualification, performance management and relationship development.
• Supporting procurement activities including tendering, evaluation, negotiation and contract award.
• Managing procurement governance, approvals, compliance and audit-ready records.
• Identifying and mitigating supply chain risks while driving resilience and performance improvement.
• Coordinating logistics planning and material procurement activities.
• Working closely with engineering, construction, commercial and project controls teams to ensure seamless project delivery.
• Producing procurement and supply chain reports for senior leadership and project stakeholders.
• Driving value-for-money outcomes, sustainable procurement practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

What Were Looking For

• A minimum of 10 years experience in supply chain, procurement, logistics, commercial or contract management within highly regulated sectors such as nuclear, defence, infrastructure or energy.
• Proven experience managing supply chains on major projects or programmes.
• Strong knowledge of NEC contracts and subcontract management.
• Experience operating within EPC, EPCM, alliance or framework delivery environments.
• Demonstrable expertise in supplier assessment, tendering, procurement governance and risk management.
• Degree-qualified in Supply Chain Management, Commercial Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying or a related field.
• Professional membership or chartered status through organisations such as CIPS, RICS, CIOB or equivalent would be advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and communication skills.

Why Join?

• Opportunity to join a rapidly growing organisation within the nuclear sector.
• Involvement in nationally significant infrastructure and nuclear programmes.
• Chance to influence and shape supply chain capability within a developing business.
• Long-term career progression opportunities within a major international engineering and construction group.
• Competitive salary and benefits package, including bonus potential, pension contribution, private medical cover and ongoing professional development.