Responsible for coordinating and developing a group of suppliers to successfully meet the quality, cost and delivery requirements for the Company and ensure accuracy, efficiency and consistency to achieve best in class operations.
Key Job Responsibilities
* Ensure boat materials/services are purchased in line with business requirements and authorised Company processes at the lowest total cost of ownership.
* Be the business focal point and subject expert for given commodities.
* Develop commodity strategies for critical supply commodities by:
- Understanding the category and what the risks cost drivers are and identify opportunities within the category.
- Driving cost reduction and establish the best purchase prices for the commodities.
- Ensuring that the quality of product purchased meets the exacting standards of Oyster Yachts
* Build and maintain strong vendor relationships, fostering partnerships that drive long-term value and innovation.
* First line responsibility for the commercial relationship with the supplier group, ensuring commercial agreements are in place with strategic and preferred supply partners.
* First line responsibility for the performance management of the supplier group to ensure quality and delivery expectations are being met, with quality function support.
* Work with the supplier group / wider business to identify opportunities for improvements, reductions in cost, process efficiencies, specification updates and innovations.
* Identify risk profiles and support risk mitigation activities and recovery planning where required and communicate with interested parties.
* Support market benchmarking / make versus buy activities.
* Provision of management reports, KPI’s and detailed data views to provide insight and support decision making.
* Support operations improvement projects across the group working closely with Supply Chain counterparts and other stakeholders.
Requirements
Knowledge
· Working knowledge of supply chain/procurement processes.
· Knowledge of marine industry desirable not essential.
· Understanding of yacht production and associated materials and parts, desirable.
Skills
· Competent user of Microsoft Office, in particular Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
· Strong relationship builder.
· Strong communication skills both telephone, email and face to face.
· Planning and organising skills.
· Strong analytical skills and able to manipulate data sets and present in table/chart form.
Experience
· Worked within purchasing in the marine industry or manufacturing.
· Comprehensive experience/user of an ERP or similar.
· Experience in a purchasing, supply chain, or inventory management role.
· Experience of negotiations with suppliers.
· Supplier relationship management.
Qualifications
· CIPS qualification or working towards but not essential.
Personal Characteristics
· Process driven
· Commercial awareness
· Numerical
· Attention to detail
· Personable
· Team player
· Technically curious
· Problem-solving
· Thrives in fast-paced environment
· Flexible
Other Requirements
· Driving license, desirable.
· Able to travel when required across sites / to supply partners.
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave p/year
* Employer Pension contribution
* 0800 - 1630 - 5 days
* Death in service
* Cycle to Work scheme
* TELUS Assistance Programme
* Sick pay scheme
* Flexible Working