first Head of Supply Chain
Postaladdress Uk, Newtown, Cambridge
first Head of Supply Chain
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Postaladdress Uk, Newtown, Cambridge
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 day ago, 23 Apr | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 73cc926776034c46b328d82e6a1765c7
Location ref: Newtown, Cambridge
Full Job Description
As our first Head of Supply Chain, you'll define and lead the strategy, organisation and execution of supply across Cellular Origins. You'll be responsible for how we source, contract, manage and scale everything needed to design, build, deploy and support our Constellation systems.
This is both a strategic and hands-on leadership role. You'll work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Field Operations and PMO, ensuring supply decisions support GMP requirements, commercial realities and customer expectations. As the company grows, you'll grow the team, the capability and the operating model alongside it.
What you'll do
You'll design and embed a supply chain operating model that supports the full lifecycle of our systems, from development through to customer deployment and long-term service. That includes equipment, consumables, software suppliers, sub-contractors and service partners.
A large part of your role will be building strong, pragmatic supplier relationships. You'll lead commercial and contractual negotiations, working closely with Legal to ensure agreements are robust, balanced and appropriate for a regulated life sciences environment. You'll take clear ownership of supplier risk, continuity planning, change control and long-lead items, helping the business move quickly without taking unnecessary risk.
You'll also build and lead a high-performing supply chain and procurement team. You'll define roles, interfaces and priorities, creating simple structures that work now and can scale over time. As we move from early deployments into broader commercial delivery, you'll evolve governance, planning, inventory and supplier performance management in a way that supports predictability without slowing us down.
In the first 6 to 12 months, you'll focus on stabilising critical supply paths for upcoming deployments, strengthening supplier contracts in high-impact areas, introducing lightweight planning and inventory approaches, and ensuring we can consistently provide the evidence and traceability expected by regulated customers.