Head of Supply Chain Architecture

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is seeking a senior manager to serve as Head of Supply Chain Architecture.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the largest and most complex Commercial and Supply Chain function in government, at a time of fundamental change and reform when the focus is on designing a new future state and making a real difference in creating and delivering value for the MOD, to support in protecting the nation and helping the UK prosper.

The MOD spends over £20bn per year across 6000+ contracts ranging from large equipment platforms such as ships, aircraft and vehicles to critical support contracts and property and FM, corporate services, complex IT and infrastructure, food, clothing and medical supplies.

This crucial role sits within the Supply Chain Directorate (operating pan MOD) reporting into the Deputy Director of Supply Chain Architecture. This role will establish a new capability that will enable the direction & principles to build supply chains which meet Defence’s strategic & operational needs though:

• Inform & Understanding Supply Chain Policy & Strategy
• Setting Supply Chain Performance Outcomes
• Influencing Options Development
• Generating Supply Chain Design Principles
• Identifying Supply Chain Design Requirements
• Ensure Supply Chain Design Implementation

The capabilities will be enabled through 3 service offers which cover the full capability lifecycle. This team will work across Military Strategic Headquarters (MSHQ), National Armaments Headquarters (NAHQ) and Delivery Organisations depending on the service being provided.

This is following delivering a successful Supply Chain design pilot with the Complex Weapons Strategic Programmes Team and Industry to help identify the design principles for the future Complex Weapons supply chain.

In this role you will provide Supply Chain Architecture expertise for the MOD and play a key part in the broader Supply Chain Directorate Leadership team.

You will lead part of the MOD Supply Chain design and architecture service and the delivery responsibilities for developing and embedding it, providing senior level leadership and experience across the department on the future state. You will support the Deputy Director of Architecture in developing the maturity and performance of the MOD Supply Chain Capability in terms of processes, technology and people.

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• A highly resilient, decisive team player with a focus on collective goals. Experienced at decision making at senior levels with minimal direction and is an excellent problem solver.
• Experience in leadership roles in complex organisation transformations, with demonstrable knowledge and successful change delivery across the end-to-end lifecycle.
• Experienced and successful leader, with outstanding relationship and stakeholder management ability with suppliers, clients and colleagues alike. A confident, adaptable communicator able to achieve effective, efficient outcomes.
• A strategic thinker, successful track record in operational delivery, financial control and strategic risk management at senior levels. Experience of implementing Supply Chain Architecture.
• Practical knowledge and understanding of; tech/capability requirements process, early market engagement, supply chain/industry shaping opportunities and the relative linkages to the acquisition process.