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Summary

The Sub-Contract Manager plays a pivotal role in overseeing and optimising the entire subcontract operations at Aeromet's Worcester site. This position is integral to the company's manufacturing value chain, directly impacting our ability to deliver high-quality, precision aluminium castings and sub-assemblies to global blue-chip aerospace customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure efficient and effective management of all subcontract operations
• Meet rigorous timing, quantity, and quality standards to fulfill sales commitments
• Collaborate daily with senior site management on strategic operational decisions
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in subcontract operations to enhance efficiency and reduce costs

This high-profile role offers:

• Critical impact on business performance
• Visibility across the organisation
• Significant career growth potential within a profitable, globally recognised aerospace brand

The ideal candidate will combine strong leadership skills with a deep understanding of aerospace manufacturing processes and supply chain management.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Effectively manage relationships with a small group of approved, critical aerospace sub-contractors.
• Manage the sub-contract supply chain from start to finish, ensuring all subcontractor performance commitments adequately support weekly and monthly site Sales Plans
• Maintain accurate tracking records of all WIP within the sub-contract supply chain
• Monitor and report daily subcontractor performance adherence against Plan and prior commitments – providing detailed input to support the 3x weekly Sales Planning meetings.
• Conduct quarterly sub-contractor performance and business improvement reviews
• Work closely with the QA team to ensure sub-contractor NCRs are raised promptly and all resulting corrective actions are closed out satisfactorily
• Work closely with internal and external logistics and dispatch co-ordinates to ensure the prompt movement of castings to and from sub-contractor locations with minimal delay.
• Conduct physical inventories of all WIP at external sub-contract locations and follow up any apparent variances
• Undertake risk reviews of subcontractors and ensure appropriate mitigations are in place, ensuring all sub-contractor audit commitments and improvement plans are concluded
• Ensure subcontract agreements and related transactional documents are accurate, complete, and conform and comply with established QMS and customer flow-down procedures.
• Assist with development and negotiation of subcontract documents.
• Must be able to work for long periods of time in an administrative desk type work environment as well as having the flexibility to travel to/from subcontractor locations (sometime at short notice).
• Must be able to manage and prioritise multiple assignments, and work under strict deadlines.

Personal Attributes

The successful candidate must have the following personal attributes: -

• Must have gravitas & radiate professionalism
• Must be responsive, and articulate
• A confident, clear and effective communicator, both verbally and in writing – capable of engaging, inspiring confidence, and building relationships at multiple hierarchical levels, internally and externally
• A strong commitment to integrity, openness and transparency, and strong business ethics
• Ambitious, but not overbearing
• Robust and persistent when required to be, but never aggressive or obnoxious
• Passionate, proactive and goal-oriented – a problem solver that constantly seeks practical solutions rather than handing off problems
• Analytical, and comfortable with data, metrics and regular reporting
• Flexible, to support business requirements
• Ability to stay calm and focused under pressure
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and implement tactical plans

Essential Qualifications

• Degree (minimum 2(1)) from a well-regarded university
• Minimum of 3 A Levels (or equivalent) at minimum grade C
• Maths & English GCSE at minimum grade B or Level 5
• Full, clean, UK driver's license

Essential Skills & Experience

• Must have worked in an engineering/manufacturing environment, preferably in aerospace or automotive and be able to demonstrate understanding of common manufacturing processes
• Minimum two years’ experience working in supply chain management
• Basic familiarity with and understanding of transactional contractual documentation
• Good understanding of relevant Quality Management Systems (QMS) & accreditations
• Experience in negotiating and managing contracts with suppliers
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies
• Good IT literacy skills:
  • MS Excel user to an intermediate/high standard
  • MS Word and PowerPoint user to an intermediate standard
  • Experienced user of ERP systems for data input, extraction and analysis

Desirable

• Professional qualification in purchasing or supply chain management (e.g. MCIPS, SCMP, CPM)
• Professional qualifications as a Project Manager (e.g. Prince 2)