Senior Buyer
Posted 10/07/2024 by Entech Technical Solutions Limited
Senior Buyer
Fixed Term Contract for 18 months
Location: Shoreham-by-Sea
Key accountabilities:
Additional/special features of the role:
Essential technical and professional skills, knowledge and qualification:
Desirable technical and professional skills, knowledge and qualification:
Fixed Term Contract for 18 months
Location: Shoreham-by-Sea
Key accountabilities:
- Meeting with Clients to discuss/define requirements and coordinate supply chain activities between suppliers, clients and Engineering/project teams.
- Maintain and promote relationships with clients and suppliers.
- Procurement of project goods including bespoke parts/tooling manufactured from drawings, along with design/development, and other technical services.
- Competitive bidding (RFQ), negotiating prices / added value and reporting cost-reduction achievements.
- Liaising with suppliers and Engineering teams on design feasibility issues, expediting orders and agreeing concessions or return rejects.
- Control spends against budget and forecasting to completion of project.
- Identification & evaluation, performing due diligence, assessing financial risk, sustainability, of potential supply partners.
- Negotiation, contracting, and risk evaluation, working closely with SQA of/with UK and international suppliers.
- Ownership of the end-to-end, purchase-to-pay process for projects assigned.
- Coordination and Maintenance of supplier held tooling registers.
- Reporting out on your project status, where you are with given tasks, systems or commodities.
- Actively supporting the company procurement community in identification & development of procurement best-practise across all business divisions.
- Take an active lead in Make vs Buy strategy in conjunction with our manufacturing teams.
- Leading cost estimation activities during product concept phases.
- Supporting the business development team on bid preparation and pitching to clients for procurement activities.
- Working alongside clients, suppliers, engineering and programme management to determine and plan development and pre-production parts requirements.
- Preparing RFQ packs (downloading drawings/CAD files etc)
- Analysing RFQ feedback and making sourcing decisions based on project requirements and best value.
- Preparing supplier nomination packs for stakeholder approval.
- Ownership of the Purchase Requisition/approval process to ensure compliance with internal and legislative controls.
- Order placement and management/ownership with UK and international suppliers.
- Order confirmation and acknowledgement to ensure accuracy of all order details and delivery to plan.
- Investigating & solving invoice queries in a timely manner.
- Placement of assembly/facility and supplier tooling orders in line with programme plans to ensure programme timings maintained.
- Liaising with suppliers and engineering teams on design feasibility issues, DFM, changes, expediting orders and agreeing concessions or return of non-conforming parts.
- Coordination & maintenance of spend tracker (BoM items, assembly/facility equipment, supplier tooling)
Additional/special features of the role:
- Strong experience of NPI and Procurement Process or a similar role where skills can be transferred into the objective’s description above, preferably gained within the automotive or marine sector.
Essential technical and professional skills, knowledge and qualification:
- Experience working in an Automotive, Marine, Engineering or manufacturing environment essential.
- Strong data management skills and IT literacy. Experience with SAP & Info LN Purchasing an advantage.
- Strong business acumen, attention to detail, accurate, numerically astute.
- Strong negotiation skills with an ability to close the deal in short time frames.
- Strong customer focus with a flexible approach to succeed in a fast-moving environment.
- Knowledge of BoM’s, PO Processes, familiarity with technical drawings.
- A working knowledge of contract law and experience in contract negotiation, implementation and management.
- Ability to communicate well within a cross-functional team and at all levels.
- Membership of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) is desirable.
- Demonstrates the highest integrity and ethical values in dealing with clients, suppliers, and colleagues.
- Ability to self-manage and demonstrate resilience/robustness when working to challenging targets.
- An understanding of the principles of sustainable procurement and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors.
- Attention to detail, accurate, numerically astute.
- A strong team player and be self-motivated.
- Ability to communicate and present effectively to suppliers and clients at all levels.
- Flexibility to support travel to suppliers domestic and internationally and holder of a driving licence.
Desirable technical and professional skills, knowledge and qualification:
- A knowledge of marine outboards and marine outboard systems for this role would be advantageous.
- Type:
- Contract
- Start Date:
- 09/07/2024
- Contract Length:
- 18 months
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- Job Reference:
- J532
- Job ID:
- 221976749
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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