Senior Buyer
Rugby
6 months contract
£45 per hour - Umbrella
Inside IR35
Role Summary
The Senior buyer will be responsible for developing and manage a supply chain for the Naval business and making sure that components are delivered according to Quality, Cost and Time as per the project needs.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Lead the development and execution of a Naval supply chain & supplier agreements
- Support NPI (new product introduction) and develop a long-term supply chain for the business
- Negotiate terms and conditions, manage claims and vendor recovery
- Order fulfilment tasks to ensure material on time delivery, PO placement and Invoice management
- Co-ordinate supplier and product qualification together with Quality, Engineering and R&D
- Review supplier performance (schedule, Manufacturing, Quality) to identify risks to the program and develop appropriate mitigation plans
- Drive supplier selection, development, and overall supplier management excellence
- 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 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
Desired Characteristics:
- Experience within the defence or power industry related products.
- Management of high value bespoke manufactured components, including assemblies.
- Main Suppliers are UK based, must be able to travel on a weekly basis.
- Project Management Skills, Schedule Management a must.
- Quality, Supplier Quality experience would be beneficial.
- Development of measurement metrics to measure their small group of suppliers.
- Experience on SAP, Microsoft packages including MS Project.
To be considered for the role then please apply with CV
