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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.