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Permanent
£40000 to £50000 per annum
Title of role: Principal Commercial Manager.
Sectors: Engineering - electro-mechanical - Mechanical - Defence - Manufacturing background.
Key: Bids - Tenders - Contracts - Terms & conditions.
Further Details:
Our Client is an established Global business. Due to growth they now have a vacancy within strategic Procurement based in the South West/Bristol area.
Targets and ensuring that contractual obligations and associated risks are adequately dealt with are a key function of this role.
Responsibilities
•To provide support and guidance to the business regarding pricing, terms and conditions and commercial issues as well as review and assurance of financial statements.
•To provide a key pro-active service to support the Operations Director.
•To challenge Project Managers with respect to project control, variations, risk management, progress and cost to complete.
•To lead a Commercial team, ensuring that their objectives are clear and achieved.
•To ensure financial and resource forecasts are properly constructed and achieved.
•To ensure that policies and procedures are followed, consistently across the business and improved where necessary.
•To lead and support commercial discussions and negotiations with customers.
Essential Skills
•Terms and conditions
•Technical
•Tendering
•Risk Management
•Contract Law and its practical application
•Contract administration/management
•Partnering and alliancing
•Innovative contract mechanisms
•Procurement
•Contract cost control/reporting
•Variation control
•Financial controls/management
•Claims and disputes
•Audit
•Contemporary supply chain management
•Export
•International contracts of supply and sale
•Mechanical engineering
•Experience of Defence
•Documentary credits
•Insurances
Of course, more information 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.
Permanent
£34000 to £40000 per annum
£34-40,000 + possibility of a car
Job Title: Vendor Manager - Chemicals
Reports to: Procurement Manager
Reporting staff: 1 clerical, Vendor Scheduler/Trainee
Main purpose of Position:
To procure all chemicals required for production within the site and direct purchases of chemicals at our co-packers / sub contractors. To manage the vendor relationships to ensure that we enjoy the best possible value for money.
Further Details:
Levels of Responsibility:
- Purchase all chemicals within financial authority levels.
- Minimise days on hand of chemical inventory.
Key Tasks:
- Ensure that all Vendors perform to the highest possible standard.
- Continually seek new sources of supply and alternate materials which will lower our cost of goods.
- Minimise the supply chain to remove days of inventory, reduce lead times and improve flexibility which will support the companies drive for lean.
- Work closely with our Group Purchasing facility in the USA to gain maximum leverage from total global expenditure.
- Assist in new production introduction by providing chemicals to agreed timelines and accurate cost requests to support business growth.
- Understand and manage the commodities and cost drivers affecting our main category expenditure, to ensure minimal disruption and cost fluctuations.
- To ensure we comply to Reach regulations.
Qualifications and experience required:
- Degree (ideally Chemistry)
- CIPS qualified or studying.
- Min 3 years experience working within a manufacturing environment, in personal care, pharmaceutical or food industry.
- SAP or similar computer system knowledge.
This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.
Permanent
£25000 to £33000 per annum
They are a strong and recognised retail and mail order business. Due to promotion they are looking for a strong Supply Chain Planner. You will currently be either a Demand Planner, Supply Chain Analyst, Retail Merchandiser, Stock Planner, Supply Chain Manager, Assistant Merchandiser, Merchandiser or similar.
Further Details:
You will be accountable for managing line level stock for a dedicated product category, controlling both intake of stock from suppliers and store stock replenishment in line with agreed availability and stock level targets.
Key accountabilities
- Plan and manage purchase order intake considering current stock base, lead time, demand forecasts, promotional activity, supplier reliability and stock holding strategy.
- Effectively manage stock for Promotional activities, seasonal stock builds, direct importing, range changes and extra-ordinary purchases.
- Control the intake in line with weekly Open to Buy targets and distribution capabilities, prioritising company stock requirements.
- Take accountability for product availability and stock levels and be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of the stock and supplier base.
- Work closely with suppliers to maximise stock availability to business against intake plans.
(More information available in a Job Description)
Experience?
• Experience gained within a stock management environment.
• Must be assertive, confident and be able to challenge regularly.
• Must be highly numerate, analytical and computer literate.
Strong salary of £25,000 - £33,000 depending on experience along with bonus and other benefits.
Interested to hear more? Please contact me in the first instance with your current CV, salary and salary required.
This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.
Permanent
£25000 to £30000 per annum
Buyer
Salary- circa £30k plus comprehensive benefits package
Middlesex
Further Details:
My client develops and manufactures a range of electronic and electro-mechanical products for the Aerospace industry. As a result of continued growth my client is looking to add a Buyer to their team in Middlesex.
The role;
• Develop partnerships and seek new suppliers as appropriate to achieve cost savings and performance improvements.
• Negotiate with agreed suppliers optimum purchasing terms of quality, price and delivery. Monitor and communicate supplier performance.
• Purchase materials required for production, in line with MRP & KANBAN recommendations and commercial agreements, by means of Purchase Orders and supplier schedules.
• Work with Procurement Manager to implement and maintain Key Supplier Agreements for short and long term supplies.
• Source new suppliers as required, sending out drawings for quotes and assessing capabilities.
• Liaise with suppliers in response to engineering changes, for example, issuing new drawings, managing quotations and assessing supplier capabilities in order to support smooth new product introduction.
• Co-ordinate materials quality and availability issues to minimise disruption to production, and communicate status to all parties at all times.
• Maintain system parameters to ensure MRP integrity and accurate purchasing data.
• Some amount of travel required.
• Report and maintain Vendor Rating System for strategic suppliers.
The Person
• CIPS qualified or studying towards preferred.
• Experience of purchasing electronic components, PCB assemblies.
• Experience in either Aerospace, Defence or Electronics industries.
• Sound knowledge of MRP.
• Ability to read and understand technical drawings.
• Good negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated and able to deal effectively with conflicting priorities.
• Experience of KANBAN and JIT purchasing.
• German language skills would be advantageous but not essential.
This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.
