Buyer

Description:

Role: Buyer

Location: Rugby - full-time on-site

Duration: 12 months

Rate: Up tp £30/hour PAYE or £40/hour Umbrella

Role Summary/Purpose:

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.

Role 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 levelsQualifications/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 essentialBackground:

Pressure to deliver in many work streams - person needs to be resilient and professional under pressure.
The delivery requirement is managing a small number of key suppliers and ensuring that they deliver to the timing schedule.
Navigating through the respective quality / production gateways to first piece qualification.
The role is project based, small volume, high value items.
Managing suppliers that are unproven and first time making these parts.Desired Characteristics to be considered:

Experience within the power industry (not essential)
Management of high value bespoke manufactured components, including assemblies.
Project Management Skills, Schedule Management a must.
Quality, Supplier Quality experience would be beneficial but not essential.
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 both at the supplier
Experience on SAP, Microsoft packages including MS Project