Purchasing & Supply Jobs In Buckinghamshire

They are a strong and recognised service and logistics provider for businesses across the UK.

They are looking for someone with the ability and confidence to speak to senior people, to challenge, to recommend improvements (either business or process improvements), to deal with people who have very strong personalities and who will try to take up a lot of your time.

Job Purpose
- To support the development of a flexible, professional, highly skilled commercial support team which will provide Group Purchasing with the necessary commercial analysis to manage categories, suppliers and income.
- To maximise the efficiency of this output through constant process improvement.

Job Accountabilities

Objectives of Commercial Support:
• To effectively manage, involve and develop our people through training and development programs, internal promotions, effective leadership and strong communication.
• To develop and maintain a suite of Buying Reports to assist the negotiation process evaluating commercial proposals thereby support effective decision making by the Buyers.
• In accordance with the company Pricing Policy report on market and competitor pricing, communicate price changes to the business and maintain strategic key customer pricing.
• To develop and maintain a single system to forecast, monitor and accurately track streams of Buying Income relative to budgets.

Knowledge/Skills/Experience
• Excellent analytical skills including financial analysis.
• Proven ability to contribute and implement ideas for continuous improvement.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel and Access.
• Ability to present data succinctly and with conviction.
• Ability to prioritise and manage workloads.
• Project Management skills.

A full and detailed job description is available to interested candidates.

This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.

Main duties and responsibilities will include:

• Managing and operating the material element of the business.
• Managing material stock levels to ensure minimum capital employed, but also minimise zero stocks.
• Identifying, liaise and negotiate with material suppliers.
• Managing contracted on-call requirements from suppliers.
• Managing and control delivery of repaired components to customers.
• Ensuring materials supply matches production requirements.
• Presenting and reporting at Materials Team Meetings or other occasions as required on performance and risks affecting the project.
• Purchasing and store materials to ensure compliance with Special Stock procedures.
• Identify, confirm demands via MRP & conversion to SAP Purchase orders.

Responsibilities:
• Implement purchasing objectives and target cost reductions, whilst maintaining high standards of procurement ethics.
• Working closely with expediters, ensure the business unit purchasing department minimise inventory levels whilst supporting the published lead-times and sales promotional activities and meet or exceed internal and external customer expectations in terms of on-time in-full delivery performance.
• In line with the Business Unit Programme, negotiate sourcing agreements for components from external suppliers by initiation of enquiries and negotiation of prices and delivery terms, to agreed specifications.
• To maintain competitive advantage by ensuring lowest cost sourcing, to specified quality standards, for products and services. Deliver significant material cost reduction on priority strategic sourcing across the whole business unit.
• To ensure sourcing agreements are consistent with the specific requirements of the business units such that benefit to the Company is maximised without prejudicing the competitive position of either site within the business unit.
• To maintain excellent relationships with the Strategic Supplier base.
• To assist in the liaison between Engineering and Suppliers in obtaining quotations for new product programmes and ensuring agreed specifications and technical documents are approved before quotations are sought.

The successful candidate will have experience in purchasing raw materials, specifically sheet metal and will ideally have experience in the automotive sector.

This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.

They are a strong and recognised service and logistics provider for businesses across the UK.

They are looking for someone with the ability and confidence to speak to senior people, to challenge, to recommend improvements (either business or process improvements), to deal with people who have very strong personalities and who will try to take up a lot of your time.

Job Purpose
- To support the development of a flexible, professional, highly skilled commercial support team which will provide Group Purchasing with the necessary commercial analysis to manage categories, suppliers and income.
- To maximise the efficiency of this output through constant process improvement.

Job Accountabilities

Objectives of Commercial Support:
• To effectively manage, involve and develop our people through training and development programs, internal promotions, effective leadership and strong communication.
• To develop and maintain a suite of Buying Reports to assist the negotiation process evaluating commercial proposals thereby support effective decision making by the Buyers.
• In accordance with the company Pricing Policy report on market and competitor pricing, communicate price changes to the business and maintain strategic key customer pricing.
• To develop and maintain a single system to forecast, monitor and accurately track streams of Buying Income relative to budgets.

Knowledge/Skills/Experience
• Excellent analytical skills including financial analysis.
• Proven ability to contribute and implement ideas for continuous improvement.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel and Access.
• Ability to present data succinctly and with conviction.
• Ability to prioritise and manage workloads.
• Project Management skills.

A full and detailed job description is available to interested candidates.

This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.