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Operational buyer (site)

York (North Yorkshire)
GKN Aerospace
Buyer
Posted: 7 July
Offer description

GKN Aerospace is ‘s werelds meest toonaangevende leverancier binnen de vliegtuigindustrie. Met 38 productielocaties in 12 landen bedienen we meer dan 90% van ‘s werelds vliegtuig- en motorfabrikanten. Wij ontwerpen en produceren innovatieve slimme ruimtevaartsystemen en componenten. Elke keer dat je per vliegtuig reist, is het waarschijnlijk dat GKN je op weg helpt.
We zijn op zoek naar mensen die een verschil willen maken, getalenteerde medewerkers met de vaardigheden en passies om het beste te worden in wat ze doen.

Job Summary

Responsible for order processing of in-contract scheduling and management of supplier delivery performance in line with MPS and business requirements.

Deliver against supplier and business performance objectives focused on procured parts delivery.

Job Responsibilities

1. Responsible for ensuring delivery in line with operational performance requirements from suppliers across a scope of ~ £10m spend
2. Responsible for supplier scheduling in line with MPS and the accuracy of supplier and procured parts data within the MRP system to ensure that demand signals minimise shortages and eliminate unwanted inventory
3. Responsible for the daily maintenance of supplier promise dates to ensure that the most up-to-date and accurate information is held within the supplier schedules
4. Contribute towards and support the Procurement Operations Manager or Site Procurement Manager to deliver the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process in regards to external supply reviews
5. Management of suppliers to ensure that they can deliver against committed orders, identification of supply risk, constraints and bottleneck, escalating as required
6. Maintain external capacity reviews in line with MPS
7. Responsible for on-going supplier performance improvement
8. Responsible for the supplier relationship and daily interface
9. Responsible for ensuring multi-function team reviews are taking place with key suppliers
10. Daily communication with internal customers and receiving areas
11. Responsible for the adherence to standard procurement processes and daily regimen/management tasks
12. Ownership of the supplier scorecard process to ensure that supplier performance is communicated to all levels of the supplier and is regularly reviewed as part of multifunction team reviews
13. Support SQE on supplier non-conformance and processing of supplier returns and claims
14. Ensure prompt supplier payment by clearing any invoice queries
15. Ensure adherence to the Health and Safety policies and procedure.

Job Qualifications

16. Degree Qualified or 2+ years experience in Supply Chain Management / Procurement roles
17. IT literacy, especially Excel

Desirable

18. Degree Qualified in Business Administration desirable
19. Nevi 1 / MCIPS qualification desirable
20. MRP Proficiency desirable

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Diversity Inclusion and Belonging (DIB)

As a global engineering company, innovation is what differentiates us from our competitors and is central to our success.

A balance of cultures, ethnicities and genders help bring new ideas and creativity to GKN. We need people of different backgrounds, with different skills and perspectives to spark originality, imagination and creativeness in our teams around the world.

GKN is an equal opportunity employer.

We treat all our employees and applicants fairly and are committed to ensuring that there is no discrimination or harassment against any employee or qualified applicant on the grounds of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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