Supply Chain Manager Galway

Job Highlights

• Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years
• To build your career by assisting in the delivery of 'leading edge' engineering projects.
• To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards.
• To benefit from Kirby's Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability.
• To work with the best.
• Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations

About Kirby Group Engineering

Kirby Group Engineering is an international multi-disciplinary engineering services contractor and leading provider of high-value engineering services to a number of 'blue chip' companies. Operating across Ireland, the UK, Europe and South Africa, Kirby has become the engineering service provider of choice in growth segments such as pharmaceuticals, data centres and power transmission and distribution. Our culture is innovative, collaborative and performance focused. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow and develop in a company committed to developing talent and rewarding performance.

Supply Chain Manager

Kirby Group Engineering

If you've ever looked at a supply chain and thought, "this could run a lot better" - not in theory, but in reality, across multiple countries, stakeholders, and live projects - this is your kind of role.

Kirby Group Engineering is looking for a Supply Chain Manager who doesn't just maintain standards, but owns them. Someone who is comfortable sitting at the centre of operations, governance, performance, and risk - and making it all work together.

This isn't a back-office procurement position. It's a leadership role with real influence across how Kirby selects, manages, and improves its supply chain globally.

The Role

You'll take full ownership of Kirby Group Engineering's supply chain lifecycle - from prequalification right through to performance reviews and reapprovals.

Reporting to the Director of Procurement, you'll act as the single point of control for supply chain governance. That means setting the standards, enforcing them, and continuously improving how things are done across every project, region, and package.

You'll also spend a lot of time working across functions - Operations, Commercial, EHS/ESG, Finance, Legal - ensuring the supply chain performs the way the business expects it to.

What You'll Be Doing Own the Governance

• Lead and enforce the full supply chain management lifecycle
• Set the standard for how suppliers are selected, evaluated, and retained
• Introduce structure, consistency, and clear performance expectations across all regions

Drive Supply Chain Performance

• Build and manage portfolio-level dashboards that actually get used
• Track supplier performance across safety, quality, commercial and ESG metrics
• Identify risks early - and do something about them

Strengthen the Supply Base

• Run ongoing capacity and capability discussions with subcontractors
• Align Kirby's project pipeline with the right supply partners
• Identify gaps and proactively build new supplier options in key regions

Control RFQ & Award Processes

• Ensure RFQs go to the right suppliers, with the right standards, every time
• Maintain discipline around budgets, approvals, and governance
• Improve the accuracy between estimated and awarded values (no surprises later)

Lead Performance & Accountability

• Implement structured supplier performance reviews across all projects
• Manage escalation pathways - from improvement plans to removal where needed
• Work closely with Operations to drive better labour and productivity outcomes

Manage Risk & Reapprovals

• Oversee supplier reapprovals on a rolling 3-year basis