Job Description

Provide supply chain analysis and risk management for the Supply Chain Directorate (SCD) to protect mission delivery, build supply resilience, and strengthen business continuity.

Principal Accountabilities

Supply Chain Mapping:
• Lead the mapping, monitoring and oversight on Sellafield’s Key and Critical suppliers.
• Establish and maintain the processes, systems, and methods for the Commercial Function to map and monitor the wider supply chain (1200 suppliers).

Provision of Market and supply chain intelligence:
• Support Category Teams with provision of market research and information, including market and category intelligence and macro risks.
• Manage market intelligence and financial ratings service provision from external service providers.

Reporting, trending, and analysis of supplier financial health:
• Manage the regular Financial Health, Claims, and Cost Inflation monitoring and Risk Management processes for Commercial Function, chairing the functional meetings.
• Develop recommendations on supply chain risks for leaders and teams in the Commercial Function.

• Manage the Supplier Failure Contingency Planning process and associated Business Continuity planning for Commercial Function.

Lead for Commercial Function regarding supply chain and external risks, such as changing legislation, climate change, and cyber security:
• Analyse information and data sources to build an intelligence picture and real-time insight on current and future supply chain risks, communicating the output and proposing response strategies

Analyse, evaluate and integrate information from multiple external and internal sources, to identify risks and produce assessments and dashboards:
• Present concise, easy to understand and actionable reports via both written and verbal presentation.
• Provide user support to SCD on our systems related to supply chain risk, including our supply chain risk management system, market intelligence system, and financial health monitoring systems.

Authorities & Dimensions

The role of Supply Chain Risk Analyst interfaces with multiple teams both within and outside of the Commercial Function. It is crucial that the post holder can demonstrate a self-starter attitude, as well as taking initiative, and to be proactive in their approach.

Essential Skills

• Analytical skills with an ability to develop recommendations to solve complex problems that may not have one clear answer.
• Analysing and managing a wide variety and large volume of data / information and creating concise and clear reports and recommendations, with accuracy and a strong attention to detail.
• Presenting complex information and recommendations in a concise format to a variety of audiences, in written format and verbally.
• Leading and influencing others to take action and change behaviours.
• Effective stakeholder management skills.
• Challenging the status quo, embracing an open and honest culture and encouraging ‘learning from experience’.
• Confident and suitably experienced in ICT and in learning or using AI, low coding applications to support standardisation, simplification, and automation.
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple activities at the same time to meet challenging deadlines, carrying out tasks independently, and holding self and others to account.
• Experience of learning use of new technology / ICT applications, adapting systems to better suit needs of role/business.

Desirable Skills

• Degree or equivalent in a business related subject.
• Professional – MCIPS or equivalent in other related disciplines.
• Experience in supply chain risk management or another supply chain management role.
• An understanding of the Sellafield site operations / projects and the Sellafield supply chain.

Additional Information

• Open VN
• Number of Vacancies: 1
• Contact/s: Alex McCarthy

The interviews for this vacancy are expected to take place week commencing 30th November.

ASW’s may have the right to apply for internal Sellafield Ltd vacancies. Please note if you are an Agency Supplied Worker you are required to attach evidence of all qualifications obtained to support your application. We require a minimum of A*-C (9-4) GCSE in English Language, Maths & Science/IT or equivalent / higher qualification.

Contracted Supply Workers (CSWs) are not eligible to apply to internal vacancies. CSWs are welcome to apply to external vacancies advertised on our external vacancies board.

If you choose to apply for this role and your application is shortlisted by the hiring manager, you will be invited to a competency based interview. In the interview, you will be assessed against the below competencies:

Behavioural:
1. Collaboration & Teamwork.
2. Drive for Results.
3. Effective Communication.

Technical:
1. Driving and Facilitating Change.
2. Managing and Retrieving information.

Please see link to the competency framework for further information:
https://slportal.ssa-intra.net/pub/SC001/00027/Competency%20Framework/Forms/AllItems.aspx

If your technical competency is not in the above framework, please refer to the profession’s share point page for further information.

Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk

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The closing date for this vacancy is Monday 16th November 2026.