Supplier Development and Cost Manager

Your new companyOur client is a leading manufacturing and engineering business, and they are recruiting for a Supplier Development and Cost Manager to join their team. As a valued member of their global colleague network, you''ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You''ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future for all of us.Your new roleThis role leads the end-to-end Supplier Development and Cost Management strategy for the Global Programme, driving supplier capability, mitigating risk, and improving performance across all international partners. By directing a high-performing team, the role ensures critical suppliers can meet programme demand through targeted interventions, robust assessments, and continuous improvement. It influences senior stakeholders, aligns cross-nation activity, and embeds best practice to strengthen operational excellence. Alongside this, the roleShapes strategic cost-reduction initiatives, delivering value, efficiency, and resilience for the wider business. Its impact is central to programme success, supply chain stability, and long-term enterprise competitiveness. This is a unique leadership role at the heart of global enterprise, where you''ll represent two pivotal disciplines-Supplier Development and Strategic Cost Management-across an international supply chain spanning the ..... full job details .....