Supply Chain Consultant
| Company: | Unipart Group |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Up to £100,000 dependant upon experience, plus bonus, car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Nuneaton |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 20 Aug 2026 |
| Closing date: | 19 Sept 2026 |
Summary
Job Advert
Supply Chain Consultant
Field based
Up to £100,000 dependant upon experience, plus bonus, car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee
assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Job
As a Supply Chain Consultant at Unipart you will be responsible for diagnosing, designing, and delivering end-to-end supply chain
transformations. You will bridge the gap between high-level strategy and floor-level execution, ensuring that operational designs
- from warehouse modelling to S&OP - are robust, efficient, and scalable. You will drive the consultancy's commercial growth by
identifying new business opportunities, developing innovative value propositions, and upholding the highest standards of
governance and best practice.
As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
* Lead the end-to-end design of distribution centres, including layout optimisation, MHE specification, and the use of tools for
flow modelling
* Develop and embed S&OP and IBP frameworks, utilising advanced analytics for inventory optimisation and safety stock parameter
setting
* Lead end-to-end distribution centre design, including layout optimisation, MHE specification, and flow modelling to deliver
high-accuracy "to-be" operational models.
* Embed S&OP and IBP frameworks using advanced analytics to optimise inventory levels and define precise safety stock parameters.
* Drive operational excellence by applying Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate waste across warehouse and transport
networks via robust "as-is" diagnostics.
* Act as functional lead for systems deployment, overseeing the selection and architecture of WMS, TMS, and ERP solutions,
including emerging Digital Twin technologies.
* Manage comprehensive procurement tenders for transport and warehousing, encompassing 3PL selection, contract negotiation, and
the definition of global SLAs and governance.
* Champion practitioner-led thought leadership by maintaining the "Best Practice Toolkit" and producing white papers and case
studies to upskill the consultancy team.
* Identify unmet client needs and lead the technical design of high-value proposals and RFIs, ensuring a focus on sustainable
logistics and market-leading innovation.
* Direct senior stakeholder engagement by translating complex data into board-ready business cases, ensuring project ROI and the
growth of long-term strategic partnerships.
About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this
role!
* Proven experience within a specialist supply chain consultancy or a high-level internal transformation team
* Significant ‘on-the-floor’ experience managing complex supply chain operations
* A track record of leading multi-disciplinary teams through the full project lifecycle, from initial diagnostic to ‘go-live’
* Experience in contributing to business development targets and managing the commercial health of consulting engagements
About Unipart
We are a supply chain performance improvement partner. We Design, Make, Move, and Improve components in our customers’ supply
chains, keeping their operations and assets moving and working better, for longer. Through our commitment to continuously driving
operational efficiencies, we improve performance - saving time, cost, and carbon. Our ambition is to be the driving force behind
efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We believe that a great workplace is one where you can bring your whole self to work. Our recruitment process is designed to be
accessible, inclusive, and based entirely on merit. We define merit through a combination of technical skills and the core
behaviours that help our people thrive at Unipart. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of background or
circumstances. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity that exceeds our statutory obligations under the Equality Act
2010 and subsequent legislation. Whether it’s your age, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, family status, or any other
characteristic that makes you ‘you’ - it is your talent and potential that we value most. Adjustments for you: We want you to
perform at your best. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs at any stage of the
application or interview process, please let us know. We are here to support you.