Scope of Role:
1. Bring spend within their category under procurement management using set strategies
2. Use said strategies to achieve optimal cost reduction, manage supplier relationships and risk.
3. Accountable for identifying, setting and managing metrics to ensure suppliers achieve the required delivery and quality performance levels
4. Work collaboratively, exhibit a strong sense of urgency to meet customer timelines, exhibit an intense curiosity/learning drive, successfully operate in a fast-paced environment, engage/influence key stakeholders, be extremely customer-focused, and continuously develop their business acumen
Main Duties/Responsibilities:
5. Bring spend within the category under procurement management through theme execution/implementation, strategic management, and stakeholder alignment.
6. Identify and develop new supplier opportunities, with improved focus on low-cost regions.
7. Own relationships with key site and stakeholder leadership.
8. Ensure the management of supplier relationships and risk.
9. Implement sourcing strategies in collaboration with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce risks and costs.
10. Identify, set, and manage metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery.
11. Drive results through the creation and management of competitive bidding processes.
12. Analyse data and market trends for use in strategy creation and management.
13. Work collaboratively with a strong sense of urgency to meet customer timelines.
14. Engage and influence key internal and external stakeholders.
15. Support Operational Purchasing team in relation to product flow, obsolescence and last time buys as required
Professional Knowledge & Experience:
16. Aerospace or other regulated industry experience with technical ability to read drawings and understand manufacturing processes
17. Degree in Purchasing & Supply or CIPs qualified an advantage
18. Experience of strategic planning towards cost reduction, VA/VE, vendor management, vendor reduction programmes
19. Excellent analytical skills, ability to create Excel Spreadsheets, presentations etc
20. Proven track record in improving Supplier Relations, Cost reduction and lead-time reduction
21. Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement techniques