Supply Chain Director

SUPPLY CHAIN DIRECTOR Apply Location: Rochdale, Greater Manchester Salary: £85000 - £95000 Location: Rochdale, Greater Manchester Contract type: Office Consultant: Charlie Underwood Email: charlie.underwood@bis-henderson.com Date posted: 25/03/2026 Reference: BBBH11368 ROCHDALE £85,000 – £95,000 + BONUS AND BENEFITS OVERVIEW: This long-established business is a UK textile company that supplies high quality fabrics for interiors. Specialising in soft furnishing fabrics including curtain linings, blackout fabrics, upholstery and decorative textiles, their products are adopted in a range of sectors including hospitality, healthcare, retail and education. Following an organisational structure review, they are now looking to appoint a highly accomplished Supply Chain Director to lead the Supply Chain Planning team consisting of 6 staff. This is an office based role so applicants will need to be within a viable radius of Rochdale. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: This newly created role will report to the MD and have responsibility for stock management, OTIF, obsolescence and product life cycles. Overseeing a SKU count of around 7000, manage activities of forecasting and planning a wide SKU base. Provide vision and direction for the development of the overall business strategy as well as for demand and supply planning to drive forecast accuracy. Through the Planning Manager, lead key customer collaboration to improve overall supply chain performance and service levels. Own finance and performance management for the Supply Chain department developing budgets and establishing and driving KPIs. Hold overall responsibility for site operations including warehousing, logistics and facilities. PERSON SPECIFICATION: CIPS Level 5 qualified or similar and an established Supply Chain leader with strong strategic capabilities and management skills that enable strategic visions to be rolled out across a supply chain operations team. Experience from the textiles industry would be beneficial although close consideration will be given to those with an aligned background and used to working in a fast-paced challenging, high SKU and dynamic environment. Detailed track record of experience in global supply chain and inventory management with a bias on inventory control, planning and forecasting. A charismatic and influential leader who is used to running Supply Chain teams in a global supply chain context. Conversant with shipping direct from global supply bases and import and shipping compliance and processes.