About the role
As our Supply Chain NPI Programme Manager, you will play a pivotal role at the interface between Engineering and Supply Chain, ensuring new products transition seamlessly from design into production. You will take ownership of supply chain readiness across new product and customer programmes, co-ordinating cross-functional activities, manage critical data including BoM accuracy and readiness, and driving delivery against key project milestones.
This is a high-impact, delivery-focused role suited to someone who thrives on bringing structure to complexity, influencing across teams, and ensuring that great engineering is successfully realised in production.
In your role as our Supply Chain NPI Programme Manager, you will:
- Act as the key interface between Engineering and Supply Chain, ensuring seamless transition from design to production
- Coordinate supply chain activities across NPI programmes to deliver on time, cost, and quality targets
- Establish, monitor and drive on programme KPIs, providing clear data-driven insights
- Manage and control BOM status, ensuring accuracy and readiness for production release
- Manage engineering releases and clear supply chain actions to ensure timely part readiness
- Track supplier readiness, including tooling, capacity, and part availability
- Identify, escalate, and resolve risks impacting programme delivery and supply continuity
- Support supplier nomination and ensure alignment with programme requirements
- Track supplier investment and support cost control and reduction activities
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment across Engineering, Procurement, and Manufacturing
- Support build readiness and programme milestone reviews
- Continuously improve processes to enhance NPI and supply chain performance
A key requirements is being able to manage/handle large amounts of data, having the ability to analyse and present this data to a variety of audiences.
About you
To help Mirus Aircraft Seating continue our journey of growth, you will bring experience operating at the interface between Engineering, Supply Chain and suppliers, a passion for problem solving, and a drive for operational excellence, along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
Essential
- Experience in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or Engineering within an NPI or project environment
- Strong understanding of BOM structures and engineering-to-supply chain processes
- Experience coordinating cross-functional activities and tracking deliverables
- Advanced Excel and strong data analysis capability
- Ability to manage multiple priorities independently
- Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical teams
Desirable
- Experience within aerospace, automotive, or complex manufacturing environments
- Familiarity with ERP/MRP
- Understanding of supplier management and sourcing processes
- Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering or related discipline
Personal skills / attributes:
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Data driven with the ability to consolidate and present to C Suite
- Proactive, solutions-focused approach
- Confident working across teams
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills
- Adaptable in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Be eligible to work in the UK, comfortable commuting or being based in Hingham, Norfolk and work flexible hours required
We really want to hear from you, so don’t miss your opportunity to join our community of passionate and exceptional people who challenge the accepted norm! Once you apply, your CV will be held on our central database. Please do let us know if you do not wish for us to retain your details. If your application is successful, you will be contacted in due course.
If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and be a part of a company that values your skills and contributions, we encourage you to apply for our Supply Chain Programme Manager position. Come on a journey with us and be part of making a positive and impactful difference!
Please kindly note, at this moment in time we are respectfully not engaging with any agencies for our roles.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Founded in 2015, Mirus Aircraft Seating Ltd has grown rapidly to become a leading aircraft seating OEM, with operations in the UK, Malaysia and China. We seek excellence at every step, from conception to delivery and beyond.
“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way, by those who dare to challenge the accepted norm.”
Ben McGuire, Chief Executive Officer
We believe form, function, innovation, sustainability, and the best possible passenger experience are all mutual cornerstones of success when putting pen to paper on a new design and delivering to our airline customers.
Along with our proven record of delivering large and small scale OEM and airline retrofit programs to some of the biggest names in the industry, we are committed to bringing the highest quality seating and unparalleled service to our customers.
ABOUT OUR BENEFITS
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
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- Enhanced company pension. Up to 8% contribution (4% employee/ 4% employer)
- 25 days annual leave with an additional day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays
- Option to buy one week’s additional annual leave each year
- Agile working. Flexible start and finish
- Early finish on a Friday
- Full company Christmas shut down
- Training and development
- Generous family friendly benefits
- SimplyHealth (covers opticians, dental and GP)
- Events planned throughout the year
- Refer a friend scheme
- Long service award
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