Procurement Specialist

Procurement Specialist
       
Certain Advantage are hiring for a Procurement Specialist based in Filton. 

This role is on an initial contract basis till the end of the year 2026 and is hybrid.

Your responsibilities:

Implement the Procurement strategy defined by the Multi-Functional Team (MFT), including supplier development activities during development and serial production phases.
Define and manage the surveillance decision tree and surveillance plan for the Product/Supplier site couple, ensuring alignment with industrial and quality objectives.
Lead and verify compliance of suppliers and products with all applicable organisation’s requirements, procedures, and quality standards in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
Ensure On Time and On Quality deliveries by monitoring supplier capability, industrial maturity, and operational performance throughout the product lifecycle.
Identify, raise, and escalate risks, deviations, and in-service issues while ensuring corrective actions, recovery plans, and follow-up activities are effectively managed.
Contribute to supplier approval, supplier control reviews, APQP deployment, inspections, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives within Supply Chain & Quality operations. 
The individual:

Accountable for implementing Supply Chain & Quality contributions to the MFT and supporting supplier engagement, selection, and contract setup activities.
Accountable for establishing, maintaining, and archiving surveillance decision trees, risk portfolios, and surveillance plans for assigned suppliers and products.
Accountable for verifying supplier compliance and convergence toward industrial maturity targets, including capability, capacity, and quality performance.
Accountable for supporting supplier approval activities, Supplier Control Reviews (SCR), segmentation, and identification of supplier development needs.
Accountable for ensuring proper execution of inspections and quality assurance activities such as First Article Inspection (FAI), Source Inspection, Incoming Inspection, and Nadcap-related activities.
Accountable for providing accurate reporting, escalation, and relevant operational inputs to the Lead-SCQM, while identifying activities that may be delegated to SCQS when appropriate.
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