Head of Supply Chain
Ref: 140342
North West
£75,000
- Permanent
- GMP Logistics Leadership
- Multi-Site Supply Chain
- Regulated Warehousing
About the candidate
A senior supply chain leader with extensive experience across pharmaceutical, life sciences, healthcare distribution and contract logistics environments. They have operated at UK and global leadership level, leading multi-site storage, logistics, warehousing, import/export compliance and GMP/GDP-regulated supply chain operations.
They bring a strong blend of strategic leadership and hands-on operational delivery, with experience implementing global standards, supporting M&A activity, leading ERP change, managing crisis response and building high-performing teams.
What makes them great?
- Proven compliance performance - Achieved zero observations across major regulatory inspections for supply chain operations, demonstrating excellent control in highly regulated environments.
- Delivers measurable improvements - Implemented 17 supply centres that reduced operator downtime searching for materials by around 16%, and previously improved goods-in right-first-time from 84% to 98%.
- Strong service and change delivery - Improved service levels from 67% to 99%, opened two new warehouses to support growth and helped bring three separate legal entity supply chains into one consistent structure.
Areas of expertise
- Regulated supply chain operations - Strong background in GMP, GDP, cGMP, MHRA-facing environments, controlled storage, quality investigations, CAPA and audit readiness.
- Warehousing, logistics and distribution - Experienced in managing multi-site storage, production logistics, goods-in, shipping, imports, receiving and third-party logistics relationships.
- Systems and transformation - Hands-on experience supporting ERP implementation and operational systems including JDE, SAP, IFS and other workforce, quality and project platforms.