Interim Supply Chain Consultant
Job description
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Location: M4 corridor
Day rate: £800 - £1000 Ltd Co.
Initial 8 - 12 week contract
Summary:
We are looking for a high-calibre Interim Procurement and Supply Chain Consultant to support workstreams for a £multi-billion bid programme on a short-term assignment. This role requires a commercially sharp professional from the private sector (FMCG or similar) who can rapidly embed best practice and elevate the organisation's commercial approach.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support a large-scale bid/tender with robust commercial input and strategy
- Introduce commercial excellence frameworks, methodologies, and governance
- Strengthen S&OP, inventory management, and sourcing strategies, value optimisation, and cost modelling
- Drive structured, best-in-class approaches to procurement and supply chain decision-making
Requirements:
- Proven background in FMCG or comparable commercial sector
- Deep expertise in Sourcing & Procurement, S&OP, and Inventory Management
- Experience supporting major bids/tenders (ideally £bn-scale programmes)
- Strong grasp of commercial best practice, value creation, and supply chain optimisation
- Able to operate at pace, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver quickly
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⭐ Highlight your FMCG or comparable commercial sector experience prominently as this is specifically required
📊 Quantify your bid/tender experience: 'Led procurement strategy for £2.4bn infrastructure programme, delivering 12% cost savings'
🌐 Emphasise your S&OP and inventory management expertise with specific methodologies and frameworks used
🎯 Showcase examples of commercial excellence implementation and the measurable impact on organisations
🤝 Demonstrate your ability to influence senior stakeholders and deliver at pace with concrete timeframe examples
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- •Led S&OP implementation for £3.2bn FMCG programme, reducing inventory holding costs by 18% and improving forecast accuracy to 94%
- •Delivered commercial strategy for major infrastructure tender, securing £240M contract through value optimisation and cost modelling excellence
- •Transformed procurement governance across 12-week assignment, introducing best-practice frameworks that improved supplier performance by 25%
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Bis Henderson's interim Supply Chain Consultant role represents exactly the type of high-impact commercial challenge I excel in. My proven FMCG background and expertise in S&OP implementation make me ideally positioned to support your multi-billion bid programme and rapidly elevate commercial approaches within the 8-12 week timeframe.
My background in leading procurement transformations for major programmes, combined with deep experience in inventory management and sourcing strategies, has consistently delivered measurable value creation and cost optimisation for blue-chip organisations.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you approach implementing S&OP processes for a multi-billion pound programme?
- ›What commercial excellence frameworks have you successfully deployed in FMCG environments?
- ›Describe your experience with cost modelling and value optimisation in procurement
- ›How do you structure sourcing strategies for large-scale bid programmes?
- ›What inventory management methodologies would you recommend for this type of assignment?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to influence senior stakeholders to adopt new commercial approaches
- ›Describe a situation where you delivered results under tight timescales on a major programme
- ›Give an example of how you've elevated an organisation's commercial capability
- ›Tell me about a challenging procurement decision you've made on a large-scale project
- ›Describe how you've managed competing priorities while supporting a major bid or tender
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to influence senior stakeholders to adopt new commercial approaches
Describe a situation where you delivered results under tight timescales on a major programme