Be responsible for all aspects of Materials Management, Procurement and Strategic Sourcing for the supply of products and services, encompassing Direct / BOM and Indirect / Non-BOM spend. The position is a professional individual contributor role within a high‑performance team, to achieve on‑time delivery to target and optimise capacity, cost and service across a portfolio of products and undertake administration and reporting activities.
Responsibilities
* Manage end‑to‑end supply of materials from an assigned supplier portfolio, ensuring supplier performance meets quality, delivery and cost expectations, and that materials are delivered in alignment with production schedules.
* Conduct day‑to‑day purchasing activities, ensuring consistent product and service supply and managing supplier performance to achieve Quality, Delivery and Cost (QDC) objectives, and handling all issues related to the vendor commodity portfolio.
* Understand and manage transition processes to handle ongoing supply base changes such as insourcing, outsourcing, and supplier‑to‑supplier transfers.
* Monitor and evaluate supplier performance and align corrective actions as required.
* Support the Supplier Relationship Manager with development and negotiation of commercial agreements with vendors, focusing on risk and liability mitigation and continuous improvement of supplier strategies.
Preferred Qualifications and Experience
* Supporting new business proposals / opportunities with supplier technological inputs / information.
* Experience in working with an ERP/MRP controlled manufacturing environment.
* Understanding of purchasing "best practice" including supplier PULL systems, VMI, supplier assessment and vendor rating, and supplier performance reviews.
* Strong analytical skills to support and drive business decisions and performance, and self‑motivation with the ability to organise and plan to deliver required business goals and objectives.
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