[Hiring] Senior Director, Supply Chain UKI @Brambles

Role Description

The Senior Director Supply Chain UK & Ireland is an integral member of the European Supply Chain and the UK&I Leadership Team, responsible for leading one of CHEP's largest and most strategically important supply chain operations. With accountability for approximately 1,000 employees, and a network spanning 17 plants and third-party manufacturing locations across the UK and Ireland, this leader is responsible for delivering operational excellence, customer satisfaction, safety performance, and long-term network capability.

The role will define and execute the UK&I Supply Chain strategy, ensuring alignment with the broader European vision while driving local market performance. A key priority will be the implementation and adoption of strategic initiatives across:

• Automation
• Digitalisation
• Sustainability
• Customer experience
• Operational transformation

As the senior supply chain leader for the region, the position champions CHEP's Safety Differently culture, drives continuous improvement across production, logistics and asset flows, and develops the organisational capability required to support future growth. The role also plays a significant leadership role in shaping culture and building leadership capability.

Qualifications

• An accomplished senior supply chain executive with a proven track record leading large-scale, multi-site operations within complex manufacturing, logistics, FMCG or industrial environments.
• Strategic and commercially minded, capable of balancing long-term transformation goals with immediate operational priorities.
• A visible and inspirational leader who can engage, develop and motivate large operational teams while creating a culture of accountability, inclusion and continuous improvement.
• Experienced in leading significant change programmes, including network transformation, operational excellence initiatives, automation and technology deployment.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to operate effectively across local, regional and global leadership teams.
• Data-driven and analytically minded, using insights and metrics to drive operational improvement and informed business decisions.
• Passionate about safety, people development and delivering exceptional customer outcomes.

Requirements

• Significant senior leadership experience within supply chain, manufacturing, logistics or FMCG environments.
• Proven success leading complex, multi-site operations and geographically dispersed teams.
• Demonstrable experience delivering operational transformation, productivity improvement and large-scale organisational change.
• Strong experience managing substantial operating budgets, capital investment programmes and strategic business initiatives.
• Track record of developing leadership capability, building high-performing teams and driving employee engagement across large organisations.

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Model

Remote Type

• Fully Remote

Skills to succeed in the role

• Coaching
• Cross-Functional Work
• Disruptive Thinking
• Emotional Intelligence
• Feedback
• Inclusive Leadership
• Influencing
• Leading Change
• Leading Customer Centric Teams
• Mentorship
• Prioritization
• Strategic Thinking