isembard - Supply Chain Lead - London

• Lead daily procurement and material readiness: prioritise purchasing, resolve shortages and align supply with the production schedule. • Own supplier delivery: confirm orders, track milestones, expedite at-risk material and recover before customer delivery is affected. • Coordinate purchasing of aerospace-grade raw material, tooling, components and outside processes such as heat treatment, anodising, plating and coating. • Make sure purchase orders flow down drawings, revisions, specifications, quality clauses, certifications and traceability requirements. • Develop the supplier base, including subcontract manufacturing partners: find gaps in capability, capacity and coverage, reduce single-source dependencies and bring on qualified new sources with Supplier Quality. • Keep purchasing and supplier data accurate in our systems, and track supplier on-time delivery, material availability and cost. • Support supplier negotiations and network-wide sourcing within delegated authority.