Strategic Supply Chain Manager

Overview

In this role you drive the strategic sourcing and supply chain design for Moog’s TWS-UK unit, shaping resilient, scalable operations. You will lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives and build long-term supplier partnerships to deliver strong business results. You’ll influence senior stakeholders, run market and cost analyses, and guide supplier engagement to mitigate risk. This is an opportunity to help establish a new supply chain function within a dynamic, performance-driven culture.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible benefits package
• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Mental health support
• Financial planning advice
• Onsite parking and electric car charging

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of strategic sourcing strategies for TWS-UK
• Oversee full sourcing lifecycle: supplier identification, evaluation, spend and market analysis
• Negotiate long-term agreements (pricing, terms, delivery, quality)
• Influence stakeholders and run supplier engagement sessions
• Conduct global market research to identify capable, diverse suppliers
• Run RFQs and assess supplier capabilities, risks, costs, service models
• Lead site and cross-site supply chain activities for TWS-UK
• Build and manage strategic supplier partnerships
• Develop supply channels, KPIs, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Monitor supplier performance via KPIs, audits, and corrective actions
• Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and contracts

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain, Finance, Accounting, or related field
• 10+ years in supply chain, production engineering, or project management with operations experience preferred
• Strong negotiation skills and knowledge of procurement and contractual law
• Excellent understanding of contractual requirements, business systems, and supply chain processes
• Determination and resilience to establish a new function tailored to BU needs
• Innovation or early-stage business creation experience with strategic vision and adaptability

• negotiation
• stakeholder influence
• cross-functional collaboration
• strategic sourcing
• RFQ management
• total cost of ownership analysis

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