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Latest Purchasing & Supply Jobs
Permanent
£18000 to £20000 pro rata
Established engineering business looking for a Buyer with experienced gained within a manufacturing or engineering background to join the team ASAP.
Salary of £20,000 for a minimum of 6 months. Possibly longer.
Further Details:
Responsibility Level:
As part of materials team will research, source, procure and document goods and materials used in production process.
Principal Duties
1. Determine purchasing needs through requests / forecasting.
2. Involved in Sourcing and contact vendors.
3. Negotiate terms for procurement of supplies and / or equipment.
4. Place orders, raise necessary paperwork and then acknowledge receipt of items.
5. Maintain databases on purchased items, inventory levels, tooling etc. and then use data to prepare regular reports and data analysis.
6. Performs related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
1. Purchasing experience in manufacturing environment of medium volume, custom products. Knowledge of manufacturing process.
2. Engineering aptitude preferred engineering qualification.
This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.
Permanent
£30000 to £32000 per annum
Electro-mechanical Buyer
£30,000 - £32,000 + good benefits + relocation assistance
Hampshire
Our client seeks an experienced Electro-mechanical Buyer with either CIPS or a recognised qualification like a degree, to purchase materials and services to meet the Companys cost, quality and delivery requirements.
Further Details:
Key duties:
1. To place purchase orders and action MAX data as required.
2. To manage suppliers to achieve improvements in cost, quality and delivery in accordance with business KPIs.
3. To develop and maintain Life Cycle Management Plan for all products.
4. To manage inventory in line with business objectives.
5. To raise and process relevant documentation for returning defective parts to suppliers.
6. To liaise as necessary with sub-contractors and materials control to ensure continuity of supply. Support IMT meetings and maintenance of Man Plans.
7. To maintain MAX system, ensuring MRP purchasing-related data is accurate.
8. To progress suppliers as required by MRP demand date.
9. To maintain purchase order status (by amendments).
10. To report MRP data statistics to the Purchasing Manager on a weekly basis.
11. To attend meetings as required.
Qualifications and Experience
ESSENTIAL
CIPS Qualified with proven buying experience within an electro-mechanical environment
Or
Extensive acknowledged and recognised buying experience within an electro-mechanical environment and with other appropriate qualification i.e. HNC or degree. With some formal Procurement training.
Competency Area
Essential
Purchasing Related Experience
Previous experience of purchasing electro-mechanical goods
Previous experience of working within a sub-contract environment
Ability to assess a suppliers capability and develop good working relationship with them
In-depth knowledge of MRP/ERP systems
Previous experience in negotiating best terms on price, delivery and service
Previous experience of internal customer liaison
Desirable
Experience of purchasing electronic components or avionics
Business Skills
Good understanding of the need to satisfy customer demands and expectations
Understanding of the commodity marketplace
Good negotiating skills
Personal Skills
Good team player
Ability to work on own initiative
Good time management skills
Ability to problem solve
Goal orientated
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
Business Awareness
Understanding of the importance of satisfying both internal and external customers.
Able to understand the balance required within business for inventory and cash management without impacting Sales output.
Other
Able to work overtime when required
Current driving licence
Able to undertake occasional UK travel
This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.
Contract
£24000 to £28000 per annum
Material Planner (Customer-facing)
£28,000 pro-rata for 6 months initially, good chance of a permanent role
Buxton
Further Details:
Our client seeks an experienced Materials Planner with strong MRP skills (ideally MFG-Pro) from a fast-paced JIT/FMCG engineering supply chain sector, to co-manage all aspects of customer service in order to achieve the budgeted/ forecasted sales orders and on-time deliveries to the customer base, which encompasses on time delivery of all related ancillaries. You must have experience of material/production scheduling and planning via MRP/ERP systems, with a strong customer-facing bias. This role is liaising closely with the customer on a daily basis to ensure 100% on time delivery, it is not a managerial position, there are no direct reports.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Verify customer schedules.
Input customer schedules manually where required.
Analysis of customer schedules/orders to understand and highlight significant variation.
Liaison with customers to understand their needs and reasons for change to requirements.
Build and maintain a strong working relationship with all customers including regular telephone contact and face to face meetings as required.
Off site visits to customer bases to further develop established working relationships.
Ensure early notification to the appropriate departments of issues that could impact on delivery performance.
Support a strong link to both production areas including regular, up to date, information feeds and quick reaction to customer and production related issues.
Attendance and reporting at daily production review meetings.
Level schedules and plan production sequence required to meet customer requirements whilst maximizing production capacity.
Generate and distribute op cards to production as required to meet current production cell needs.
Ensure on time delivery of all related ancillaries and plates.
Generate monthly sales forecasts.
Monitor turnover achieved and adjust plans where possible/necessary to ensure that plant turnover is met.
Highlight any risks to financial achievements.
Provide daily requirements data and status reports to meet business needs.
Monitor and report delivery performance.
Achieve DSA 100% of OE and AM.
Control stock, WIP & Finished Goods, ensuring adherence to Kan Ban systems & including consignment stock.
Control of returnable packaging.
Maintain packing & labelling instructions as part of the site quality standard.
Involvement with suppliers as and when necessary to ensure no service issues.
Complete customer generated reports relating to logistics activities.
This job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive and you may be required to undertake various duties as may reasonably be requested of you by the company.
QUALIFICATIONS
Educated to HNC standard.
Work experience within a Just in Time manufacturing Industry.
Demonstrable experience of demanding customers.
Experience of working with customer schedules (EDI and manual).
Knowledge of Lean practices.
SYSTEMS/KNOWLEDGE
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages (Excel, Word etc).
Strong experience of MRP/ERP systems.
Good analytical and verbal skills.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Good influencing and interpersonal skills.
Excellent time management and deadline driven.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Good planning and organizational skills.
Attention to detail and methodical.
Good communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels.
This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.
Contract
£400 to £500 per day
Interim Subcontract Manager
Locations Flexible Portsmouth, Southampton, Tewkesbury
Pay Rate £400-£500 per day, dependant on experience
Overview of role:
The primary purpose of the position is to manage all subcontract activities, together with the technical team, from pre bid stage to major award. This will include the negotiation, implementation and ongoing performance monitoring of subcontract activities against defined targets. This role is focussed on the front end of the subcontractor management process and a professional interim is strongly preferred. The successful candidate will work closely with Major Bid teams to ensure that all subcontracts are in place for successful delivery of major bid wins.
Further Details:
Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate will expect to travel extensively across the UK and lend their expertise to a number of different projects.
Key Experience
Commercial Skills.
v Negotiation of multi-million pound contracts.
v Contract formulation.
v In depth legal understanding.
v Import/export experience (ideally exposure to defence regulations).
v Understanding of EU directives/procurement.
v Would ideally have US import/export experience.
Project Management Skills.
v Able to set project milestones.
v Negotiate stage payments.
v Implement programmes of work.
v Financial modelling.
v Risk management.
v Life cycle management.
Technical understanding.
v Able to understand technical information.
v Interface with technical teams.
v Ideally have understanding of systems integration.
v Ability to support technical bids.
Key Candidate Criteria
Successful candidate will be dynamic, focussed and able to hit the ground running.
Ability to pull together multiple activities for successful project completion.
Ability to present clearly to director level on each stage of the project.
Service background essential.
v Must have product/manufacturing purchasing experience.
v EU procurement experience.
v Ideally Import/Export regulations.
Exposure across both Public and Private sector.
Must have experience of pre-bid to contract award. Post award is not what we are looking for.
This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.
