Role: Sourcing Specialist - Buying/Procurement
Location: Rugby
Duration: 6 months initially
Rate: Up to £27 per hour PAYE
Inside IR35
Job Description Summary
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and managing an existing supply chain ensuring that components are delivered according to Quality, Cost and Time as per the project needs.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
* Negotiate/manage existing terms and conditions, manage claims and vendor recovery
* Order fulfilment tasks to ensure material on time delivery, PO placement and Invoice management. Expediting.
* Co-ordinate supplier and product qualification together with Quality & Engineering teams.
* Review supplier performance (schedule, CoQ, Manufacturing, Quality) to identify risks to the program and develop appropriate mitigation plans
* Develop alternate sources and/or risk mitigation plans for single & sole source suppliers
* Identify and deliver value-adding opportunities from the supply chain
* Manage and improve supplier relationship and demonstrate the ability to communicate problems and present solutions with internal and external customers at senior levels
Qualifications/Requirements
* Demonstrable years of transactional sourcing and procurement experience with in-depth experience in high-value and complex projects.
* Strong negotiation and contract management skills, with excellent interpersonal and facilitation skills
* Self-starter with drive, able to work under pressure and in a dynamic environment
* Motivation, Teamwork is essential, trust, credibility and capability to communicate effectively at all levels internally and externally is essential
Desired Characteristics
* Experience within power industry related products.
* Main Suppliers are UK based, must be able to travel when required.
* Project Management Skills, Schedule Management a must.
* Quality, Supplier Quality experience would be beneficial.
* Interpersonal skills, managing people and situations including contract issues.
* Proactive and pragmatic in their approach to managing the supplier (s)
* Able to adapt and work quickly to project situations.
* Be able to manage various workstreams at the same time.
* Management of change i.e. engineering, quality, escalations and reporting to senior management.
* Experience on SAP, Microsoft packages including MS Project
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