Job description

Help grow a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day.

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.

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

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