The supply chain department at Norton Motorcycles is responsible for managing all suppliers of products and services to the business. The supply chain includes procurement and materials planning functions and supports all NPI programmes.

The direct materials procurement team is responsible for strategically managing suppliers delivering components used to manufacture bikes. This includes aligning the strategic requirements of the business and the available supply base, managing component and tooling costs as well as overall responsibility for the performance of the supply base.

Materials planning is responsible for the ordering and expediting of direct materials. This involves issuing schedules, implementing engineering changes and ensuring materials are available for production.

The indirect materials team look after all the non-product related purchasing and will include such items as facilities costs, engineering service providers and apparel, and any capex expenditure.