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Posted 23 August 2024
LocationNewcastle upon Tyne
Job type Permanent
Industry Sector Technical
ReferenceJ137305
Job FunctionPurchasing/Procurement

Job description

The Rewards and The Benefits

  • Salary: Up to £40k

  • Hours: Mon – Thurs: 08:30-17:00  Friday: 08:30 – 13:00

  • BPP Bonus: 10% of annual salary

  • Pension: Match up to 6%

  • Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays.

  • MTrec’s new career opportunity

  • Our client are specialists in their market sector, they are looking for an experienced procurement professional to join their purchasing department.

 MTrec’s new career opportunity

Our client are specialists in their market sector, they are looking for an experienced procurement professional to join their purchasing department.

The Job you’ll do

  • Assure all activities of the department meet EHS policies and guidelines.

  • Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, support proposal activities, shipping and receiving.

  • Hands-on purchasing to support manufacturing operations.

  • Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors such as product cost or quality.

  • Implement new or improved supply chain processes to increase efficiency or performance.

  • Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier’s reputation and history.

  • Identify new sources of Purchasing and services and ensure that they are qualified to perform, within limitations of scope and authority.

  • Prepare and approve purchase orders, solicit bid proposals and review requisitions for goods and services.

  • Maintain records in the ERP system of items purchased, costs and deliveries.

  • Review unacceptable goods/services with outside vendors.

  • Monitor shipments to ensure that goods arrive on time and resolve problems related to undelivered goods or other shipment errors.

  • Define, manage and optimize all activities for making Purchasing and information flow; ensure production planning based on requirements (products, quality, volume, sourcing and deadlines) in a cost-effective manner.

  • Advise on production schedules when required (due to material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions), collaborating with Production, Quality, Engineering and Business Development.

  • Confer with site associates and vendors to coordinate production and shipping activities to resolve delivery-related complaints and to eliminate delays.

  • Assure suppliers meet all supplier quality management system requirements, require 95% or greater OTD, monitor non-conformances, routine supplier audits coordinated with the Quality team.

  • Working with the manufacturing, engineering and quality team, review and monitor supply chain demands for successful new product development.

  • Advocate a safe and professional work environment.

  • Foster an environment of cooperation and teamwork with all functional disciplines/departments (operations, business development, engineering, finance, quality).

About You

  • 5+ years progressive supply chain/Purchasing management experience, preferably in manufacturing of metal components.

  • Understanding of financial documents, ERP systems (preferably experience with Epicor), Microsoft office

  • Qualified in Supply Chain Management or related discipline

  • An Ideal Candidate Would Bring:

  • Excellent negotiation skills.

  • Excellent interpersonal, analytical and communication skills; a succinct verbal and written communication style.

  • Humility, integrity, and respect; the unique ability to balance the need to be self-assured with the equally important need to communicate and manage effectively to appropriate outcomes

  • Astute, with strong business acumen and the pragmatic ability to recognize the effect of decisions on the customer and business

  • Ability to manage, up, down, and to work well with peers, ability to push back without alienating others.