Contract Supply Chain Project Engineer
Project Buyer
Duration 12 months
Immediate start available
Are you a motivated Project Engineer / Project Buyer with a background supporting strategic initiatives within supply chain?
If so, this will be a key, varied Supply Chain Project Engineering / Project Buyers role working for a leading manufacturing business working across engineering, purchasing, manufacturing and quality to focus on source changes, supplier transitions, and movement of work to alternative suppliers.
Your key responsibilities as Supply Chain Project Engineer will be:
1. Leading and managing source change projects, including the relocation of production lines, parts, or products to new suppliers, domestically or internationally.
2. Collaborating cross-functionally with Procurement, Quality, Engineering, and Manufacturing to identify and qualify new suppliers.
3. Developing and managing detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and risk mitigation strategies.
4. Coordinating qualification processes to validate new supplier capabilities.
5. Tracking and reporting progress to stakeholders, escalating issues proactively and providing solutions.
6. Conduct supplier visits or virtual assessments as needed to evaluate readiness, capacity, and technical capability.
7. Support cost reduction initiatives by identifyin...