Temporary DE&S Supply Chain Manager – FTA 12 Months
Job Description
Salary
£21,250 – £25,000 per annum (plus benefits).
Contract type
Fixed Term
Length of employment
12 Months
Summary
Join an integral part of the UK’s Defence and play your part in the procurement and in-service support of all our armed forces’ equipment, from fighter jets, armoured vehicles and aircraft carriers, to clothing, food, and ammunition. If you have the pride, passion and commitment to be part of an exciting organisation at the forefront of supporting our country’s armed forces to deliver on operations at home and abroad, then apply online now!
We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.
You will be based out of the location listed above in the advert, however, DE&S supports Smarter working, which empowers you to make decisions about when, where and how you work.
Job description
As a Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Supply Chain Manager, you will be responsible for contributing in the development, monitoring and validation of demand and supply plans, and/or the development and promulgation of supply chain policy and process. This will involve working directly for supply chain management leaders within our business.
Given our broad and fast-paced environment, you will be quickly identifying sub-optimal performance within our business and able to deliver corrective action that delivers continuous improvement allowing our Armed Forces to have the right equipment at the right time and cost. It’s a complex and varied role that requires the robust and effective delivery of inventory and materiel accounting policy and process, including: pricing, item records and loans’ management, alongside the governance and leadership of critical purchasing decisions, capital asset repair and how to effectively utilize MOD’s Log to keep military equipment operating to best effect.
Optimisation decisions regarding the MOD inventory is also key to ensure ‘right sizing’ for current and future demands. You will also take responsibility for the management of Supply Chain activities in your area; providing resolution to problems and where appropriate direction via prioritization and workload balancing to deliver a range of complex and time-sensitive outputs that support your customers in the Front-Line Commands and/or DE&S Delivery Teams.
Responsibilities
As a Supply Chain Manager within the Tornado Delivery Team, you will be responsible for supporting Tornado Deactivation activities. Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) is the sole authority within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the sale of surplus military equipment and inventory from the UK Armed Forces.
Your role as Supply Chain Manager is multi–faceted, involving a broad range of duties, and the balancing of priorities. Your role will include the following:
• Responsibility and accountability for the Tornado inventory, monitoring disposal activity and achieving in-year control totals.
• Monitoring, maintaining and reviewing financial data, carrying out stock movement and inventory transactional data (both on and off-system) analysis.
• Review and reconcile Public Store Accounts and Assets in Industry returns.
• Investigating, reconciling and adjusting discrepancies between the various inventory management systems.
• Provide quality assurance to item data records.
• Interrogating the following systems: Management of Joint Deployable Inventory (JDI), Base Inventory Warehouse Management System (BIWMS), and CADAPS.
What you will be assessed against
To be successful with your application you must demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:
• Experience of working within a Supply Chain discipline, responsible for stock accounting and disposal.
• Stakeholder management skills, engaging at all levels internal and external.
• Ability to review and identify when deliverables and / or services are failing to be delivered within scope and take affective and appropriate action.
• Able to demonstrate strong IT and MS Office competence.
• Proven knowledge of defence / military inventory plus material accounting systems and financial accounting – MJDI , BIWMS
It would benefit your application if you be able to demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
• Experience of working in an aerospace defence / military aircraft environment.
In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competencies and behaviours will be assessed at interview:
• Customer Service
• Making evidence-based decisions
• Making effective decisions
• Delivering at pace
What’s in it for you?
You will receive a generous benefits package including market leading employer pension contributions of around 21% of your salary (not including any personal contribution), annual bonuses, a flexible working pattern to fit you where possible, 25 days holiday +1 additional day every year you work up to 30 days with opportunity for movement and promotion. Some of our sites include an onsite gym, onsite restaurants, cafes and much more.
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Applicants should be aware that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.
About your team
The Integrated Logistics (iLog) Function is the integrating Function for Support within DE&S, responsible for the development, management and delivery of in-service support for our front-line command customers. The iLog Function consists of around 2,900 personnel, both civil servants and military, and with a wide range of disciplines ranging from operations management and supply chain management, technical through-life support and logistics delivery, to modelling and analysis.
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Benefits
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This post is not eligible for relocation allowances.
Things you need to know
Security
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.
Selection process details
Simply click on the apply button to create an account and upload your CV. Your application will go through several stages of assessment which are outlined below:
1. Pre-sift – We will check that you meet any essential or eligibility criteria that are listed in the responsibilities section of this advert.
2. Sift – Applicants’ CVs are assessed against the following categories, using a simple numerical scoring system:
• Key Achievements • Relevant Experience • Applied Knowledge and Skills
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3. Interview – Applicants will be assessed against the Sift categories listed above, as well as the technical competencies and behaviours listed in the responsibilities section of this advert. More details about our DE&S Behaviours which can be found attached at the bottom of the page.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with (or eligible for) status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals
Further information on nationality requirements
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
How to Apply
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