HPCareers are now assisting our international, award winning design and manufacturing client with their further development of this Procurement team.
The Role
* To negotiate and place purchase orders
* To meet and approve both new and existing suppliers
* To support the continuous improvement of supplier performance
* To ensure the business remain compliant
* Ensure purchased items are delivered on time, at the correct price, with the correct documentation and to the required standard
* Procure only from original manufacturers or franchised distributors and have full traceability back to manufacture
* To carry out purchasing according to specified needs
* Securing cost reductions wherever possible
* Maintain adequate stock levels
* Review methods of reducing cost of purchased parts
* Progress orders and ensure timely delivery
* Management of long lead times
* Working closely with production planning
* Resolve shortages of products for production
* Build relations with existing suppliers
* Obtain commitment from new suppliers
* Source new products and suppliers where/when required
* To review in conjunction with QA, supplier performance and define recommended courses of action to improve supplier response
* To carry out vendor rating and monitor suppliers
* Liaise with the drawing office and the Materials planning team
* To provide costing information for outsourcing projects
* Provide sales with accurate BOM costs when required
* Support configuration control with new part create information
* Completion of all NCR supplier responses
* Raise engineering change notes
* DPS screening of suppliers
Salary description
£38000.00 - £40000.00 per year