Productivity Director: Supply Chain Optimisation - P&I - #1747563

Your expertise will drive significant improvements in productivity across diverse sectors, helping our clients achieve their goals efficiently and effectively.

By optimising supply chains, you will contribute to the success of projects ranging from £1 million to £10 billion, ensuring that our clients' aspirations are met and exceeded.

What's in it for You?

Career Growth: Join a global trailblazer and work on high-impact projects that shape the future of industries.

Collaboration: Work closely with global SMEs, delivery teams, and clients to manage complex construction projects.

Innovation: Be at the forefront of innovative approaches to supply chain optimisation and productivity improvement.

Flexibility: Enjoy a hybrid work environment with a minimum of 3 days per week at Jacobs or client offices to foster collaboration within a supportive environment.

Recognition: Your expertise and commitment will be valued and leveraged to drive significant improvements in programme delivery.

We Offer

Competitive salary: We offer compensation that reflects your skills and experience

Flexible Work Arrangements: Benefit from hybrid, part-time, and flexible working hours, patterns, and locations

24 days holiday + option to buy a further 10 days

Robust Pension Contributions: We offer enhanced pension contributions up to 10% to secure your future

Comprehensive Health Coverage: Single medical cover and Digital GP service, with options to add your partner and family

Family Planning Support: Access to fertility healthcare and family planning services

Enhanced Parental Leave: Enjoy enhanced parental leave pay and free membership to employee assistance and parental programs

4 Life assurance and 4x your salary

Income Protection: Financial security in case of long-term illness or injury

Wellbeing Hub: Free access to wellbeing apps like Calm and Daily Burn

Professional Development: We cover professional membership fees and provide continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities

Community Engagement: Participate in charity matched-funding, paid volunteering time, and charitable donations

About the Opportunity

Jacobs is world renowned in Programme Management and Construction Management services, renowned for delivering award-winning projects for both public and private sector clients.

We are seeking an accomplished professional with extensive experience in programme management to join our team as a Productivity Manager - Supply Chain Optimisation.

Reporting to the Head of the Performance & Improvement Capability, you will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in driving productivity improvements throughout the lifecycle of our major programmes.

This role offers a unique opportunity to apply your experience and best practices across our client portfolio, helping to shape the future of Jacobs as well as having a major impact on the civil engineering industry. Experience: proven track record in Supply Chain management, preferably on large-scale, interrelated, highly technical projects. You'll have experience working across Tier 1, 2 & 3 suppliers to get the best efficiencies.

Sector Experience: Experience in manufacturing, infrastructure, and construction supply chain and distribution, managing supply chains of major contracts or programmes.

Knowledge: Up-to-date understanding of the latest thinking and best practices for Delivery Model design, Commercial strategies, and Supply Chain setup and incentivisation, including Project 13.

Skills: Familiarity with digital solutions and systems in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and MRP (Material Requirements Planning), automation, and integration with other complex systems.

Operational Excellence: Proven experience in enabling Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) through Supply Chain alignment and continuous improvement.

Governance: Strong interpersonal, leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to effectively manage cross-functional teams and drive collaboration across multiple stakeholders.

Analytical Abilities: Strong critical thinking skills to track project performance, interpret reports, and drive informed evaluation.

Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Management, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, OR advanced industry-recognized project management certification combined with experience.

Certifications: Ideally, Program Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent.

Similar job titles this might be known as include:

Supply Chain Optimisation

Supply Chain Productivity Lead

Supply Chain Excellence

Supply Chain Ecosystem

Supply Chain Modernisation

Operational Excellence

Note that Jacobs operates a hybrid work environment and a 40 hour working week as standard.

This role could be based in any of the Jacobs offices and will require regular site visits too.

Are you ready to challenge today and reinvent tomorrow with Jacobs

Apply now and be part of a team that is dedicated to continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs. [1] www.jacobs.com

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here: [2] https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit [3] www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 45,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

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