Buyer
Posted 10/07/2024 by Entech Technical Solutions Limited
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:
- Working alongside clients, suppliers, engineering and programme management to determine and plan development and pre-production parts requirements.
- Procurement of project goods including bespoke parts/tooling manufactured from drawings, along with design/development, and other technical services.
- Preparing RFQ packs (downloading drawings/CAD files etc)
- Analysing RFQ feedback and making sourcing decisions based on project requirements and best value.
- 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, changes, expediting orders and agreeing concessions or return of non-conforming parts.
- Coordination & maintenance of spend tracker (BoM items, assembly/facility equipment, supplier tooling)
- Coordination and Maintenance of supplier tooling registers
- Regular reporting on project procurement status both internally and to clients
- Maintain and promote relationships with clients, suppliers, and the wider business community.
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:
- Strong data management skills and IT literacy especially Microsoft; Teams, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Understanding of and experience using materials & procurement management modules within MRP systems
- 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.
- Strong customer focus with a flexible approach to succeed in a fast-moving environment.
- Knowledge of BoM’s, end-to-end purchase process, familiarity with technical drawings
- An understanding of the principles of sustainable procurement and ESG factors
- Able to manage own workload and priorities effectively to meet deadlines.
- Membership of (or studying towards) Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) is an advantage.
- Experience working in an Automotive, Marine, Engineering or manufacturing environment essential.
- Flexibility to support travel to suppliers domestic and internationally and holder of a driving licence.
- Required to work outside normal hours if necessary to achieve deadlines.
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 Fixed Term
- Contact Name:
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- Job Reference:
- J531
- Job ID:
- 221976830
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