Supply Chain Manager

Company Overview

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When you join TT, you join our global community of visionaries, creators, and achievers dedicated to engineering and manufacturing electronic solutions enabling a safer, healthier and more sustainable world. Simply put, we are a global manufacturer with a passion for engineering advanced electronics that benefit our planet and people for future generations. We are committed to having a positive impact on the world through a culture built around safety, transparency, collaboration, and positive relationships. Our teams are fuelled by performance and expertise, leading the charge in innovation, efficiency and delivering world-class customer service. Be part of the journey.

TT Electronics’ Bedlington facility north of Newcastle upon Tyne is the home of two TT Electronics divisions; Sensors & Specialist Components and Power Electronics. Sensors & Specialist Components are leaders in high reliability, high performance and engineered electronic components. Power Electronics provide custom power solutions for safety-critical applications in harsh environments. The team in Bedlington specialises in microcircuit production for the aerospace and defence industries.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

As the Supply Chain Manager at TT Electronics, Bedlington, you will be responsible for the management and development of the supply chain strategic plan, along with the day-to-day management of the purchasing, planning and movement of goods departments.

Key Responsibilities include:

Strategic Planning and Supply Chain Optimisation:

Developing and implementing supply chain strategies, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Leading accountability for inventory planning.

Identifying and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP):

Overseeing the SIOP process to align demand with production capacity, inventory management, and procurement.

Collaborating cross-functionally to ensure optimal supply-demand balance.

Analysing market trends, customer demand, and supply constraints to drive decision-making.

Master Scheduling & Production Planning:

Developing and maintaining a robust master production schedule that optimises capacity, labour, and materials.

Working closely with manufacturing to ensure smooth production flow while minimising bottlenecks.

Monitoring schedule adherence and adjusting production plans proactively in response to demand and supply chain fluctuations.

Inventory Management:

Overseeing inventory policies, ensuring optimal stock levels while minimising excess.

Managing slow moving and shelf life controlled materials.

Supplier Development & Collaboration:

Developing and driving cost saving initiatives throughout the supply chain.

Managing relationships with key suppliers to mitigate supply chain risks.

Leading contract negotiations.

Legal compliance:

Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to demonstrate legal compliance, for example, but not limited to. ROHS, REACH, Conflict Minerals, ITAR.

Ensuring compliance with requirements for import and export movement of goods.

Personnel Procedures:

Defining and tracking key performance indicators (KPI’s) such as On-Time In-Full (OTIF), inventory turns, and schedule adherence.

Ensuring compliance with industry regulations, quality standards and company policies.

Fostering a high-performance culture focused on operational excellence.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

Core Requirements, Skills and Experience:

Degree qualified in Operations, Supply Chain, Business Management or similar.

Experience managing a busy supply chain function, dealing with customers and suppliers at all levels.

Experience managing a busy shipping department with a high degree of knowledge of import / export compliance procedures.

Able to understand and meet the needs of customers, both internal and external.

A data focussed, logical decision making approach, applying business insights and opportunities in a structured manner.

A high level of understanding of commercial law of contract.

Excellent negotiation skills with proven track record of cost reduction.

An inspirational and motivational leader, able to navigate, manage and, where appropriate, effect change.

Able to communicate ideas to others clearly, with a confident and open demeanour, respecting other points of view.

A strategic thinker with an innovative approach to problem solving.

Knowledge of ITAR & compliance with Aerospace & Defence industries.

ERP proficient.

There may be the need for national and possible international travel so candidates will be required to be flexible.

What We Offer You:

From this role you will have the opportunity to develop the experience needed to explore and progress to more senior leadership roles within TT Electronics Bedlington, or the wider group, if this is in your own career plan.

5 weeks (in hours) annual leave plus bank holidays

An additional 1 day of leave per year to mark those moments that matter

Quarterly site incentive plan

Enhanced pension contributions

Healthcare cashback plan

Employee assistance programme

Financial wellbeing benefit

Sharesave scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free parking

Discounted RAC membership

Discounted Gym membership

Discounted online and high street shopping and lifestyle vouchers

An active charity committee and paid volunteering hours

At TT Electronics, employee engagement and wellbeing takes centre stage; we’re focussed on our employees and making TT a great place to work. In addition to our healthcare support and financial wellbeing benefits, here at Bedlington, you can benefit from flexing your start and finish times and accruing additional leave.

TT Electronics are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under-represented groups.

Our Recruitment Process:

Initially we will reach out to you for an informal conversation about the role. This will allow you the opportunity to ask questions and find out more about TT, our site and our team. It will also give us the chance to learn more about you and your experience to date. At this point both parties have the opportunity to decide if they would like to continue with the process.

Due to the specific projects TT Electronics support, we are unable to sponsor work visas. Candidates will be required to achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard Clearance.

We hold Health and Safety in the highest regard at TT, with the Wellbeing of our employees our top priority. Any successful candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Screening.

Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World

We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe – so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics take positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you!Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to your application, in order that we can accommodate and support you in the process. You can do this by emailing

If you want to work for a company where who you are is valued and respected, we’d love to hear from you.

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Permanent Full-Time