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Overview

Cicor Newport is part of the Cicor Group, a leading global provider of advanced electronic solutions serving the healthcare technology, industrial, aerospace and defence markets. The Cicor Group has a long history of innovation and excellence, combining engineering expertise with high-precision electronic manufacturing services (EMS), printed circuit board technologies, and full-cycle product support to help customers bring complex, mission-critical products to market. At its Newport site in Rogerstone, Cicor plays a key role in the Group’s UK and European operations, delivering high-reliability electronics and manufacturing services to a range of strategic sectors — including aerospace, defence, industrial automation and medical technology. Recent expansions and strategic partnerships have significantly enhanced the site’s capabilities and output, increasing aerospace and defence production and creating new opportunities for growth and innovation. Cicor is committed to fostering a culture of performance, collaboration and continuous improvement. With a focus on quality, sustainability and customer-centric delivery, the company provides a dynamic environment where talented professionals can build long-term careers and contribute to cutting-edge technologies.

Position Overview

Responsible for selecting suppliers and negotiating prices for materials and/or services required, ensuring procurement of nominated materials and services to agreed programmes by the most economic, timely and efficient means.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining assigned supplier relations by selecting suppliers and negotiating prices for material and/or services required.
• Analyse, negotiate and report supplier price changes.
• Conduct periodic commodity surveys to obtain price comparisons; evaluate market trends to develop new services and create cost savings.
• Responsible for forecasting market trends affecting material and service availability costs, raw material and products.
• Select new and alternative sources of supply and in collaboration with technical staff select new and alternative materials and services, providing technical and/or commercial advantage to the company.
• Ensure all purchasing requisitions and programmes are correct and reflect the current supplier’s lead-times, keeping management and user departments informed where changes threaten work programmes.
• Identify potential problem areas and recommend changes.
• Follow up on rejected material and obtain necessary credit.
• Minimise the company’s exposure with regard to MOQ’s and price increases, obtaining the relevant authority levels.
• Proactive liaison with other departments as necessary to forecast, plan to meet, and to supply demand to relevant quality.
• Meeting health & safety requirements.
• Ensure compliance with company codes of conduct.
• Administration and reporting as required.
• Payment terms negotiation, optimisation and management.
• International trading issues/imports/legal awareness.
• To identify & drive continuous improvements within the areas of control.
• Control and minimise excess and cost/stock.

This list of duties & responsibilities is not intended to be an exhaustive list of tasks performed. Other associated tasks are likely to be performed as directed by the relevant Manager.

Competency

• Ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Understanding of production processes and products.
• Flexible and determined approach to delivering the customers’ needs.

IT Skills

Must be professional, highly motivated, ethical, business oriented and innovative.

Qualifications/Skills/Personal Qualities – CORE

• Minimum qualifications: 2 A levels or HNC, or CIPS Diploma or equivalent.
• At least 3 years’ experience of Purchasing within a manufacturing environment essential.
• Good communication skills, both verbally and written.
• Good interpersonal/relationship building skills.
• Complete ownership.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Numerate and literate.
• Ability to work on own initiative is essential.
• Ability to show proactiveness rather than reactiveness.

Qualifications/Skills/Personal Qualities – DESIRABLE

• Ability to work in team orientated environment but also being able to demonstrate results working independently.
• Basic understanding of electronic manufacturing and components.
• Membership of CIPS is an advantage.

Please submit your CV to marta.williams@noSpamcicor.com. Please note that we are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship. Candidates must ensure they have appropriate right to work in the UK before application.