MTrecs new career opportunity
Our client are specialists in their market sector, they are looking for an experienced procurement professional to join their purchasing department.
The Job youll do
- Assure all activities of the department meet EHS policies and guidelines.
- Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, support proposal activities, shipping and receiving.
- Hands-on purchasing to support manufacturing operations.
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors such as product cost or quality.
- Implement new or improved supply chain processes to increase efficiency or performance.
- Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the suppliers reputation and history.
- Identify new sources of Purchasing and services and ensure that they are qualified to perform, within limitations of scope and authority.
- Prepare and approve purchase orders, solicit bid proposals and review requisitions for goods and services.
- Maintain records in the ERP system of items purchased, costs and deliveries.
- Review unacceptable goods/services with outside vendors.
- Monitor shipments to ensure that goods arrive on time and resolve problems related to undelivered goods or other shipment errors.
- Define, manage and optimize all activities for making Purchasing and information flow; ensure production planning based on requirements (products, quality, volume, sourcing and deadlines) in a cost-effective manner.
- Advise on production schedules when required (due to material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions), collaborating with Production, Quality, Engineering and Business Development.
- Confer with site associates and vendors to coordinate production and shipping activities to resolve delivery-related complaints and to eliminate delays.
- Assure suppliers meet all supplier quality management system requirements, require 95% or greater OTD, monitor non-conformances, routine supplier audits coordinated with the Quality team.
- Working with the manufacturing, engineering and quality team, review and monitor supply chain demands for successful new product development.
- Advocate a safe and professional work environment.
- Foster an environment of cooperation and teamwork with all functional disciplines/departments (operations, business development, engineering, finance, quality).
About You
- 5+ years progressive supply chain/Purchasing management experience, preferably in manufacturing of metal components.
- Understanding of financial documents, ERP systems (preferably experience with Epicor), Microsoft office
- Qualified in Supply Chain Management or related discipline
- An Ideal Candidate Would Bring:
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical and communication skills; a succinct verbal and written communication style.
- Humility, integrity, and respect; the unique ability to balance the need to be self-assured with the equally important need to communicate and manage effectively to appropriate outcomes
- Astute, with strong business acumen and the pragmatic ability to recognize the effect of decisions on the customer and business
- Ability to manage, up, down, and to work well with peers, ability to push back without alienating others.
The Rewards and The Benefits
- Salary: Up to £40k
- Hours: Mon Thurs: 08:30-17:00 Friday: 08:30 13:00
- BPP Bonus: 10% of annual salary
- Pension: Match up to 6%
- Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays.
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