Supply Chain Undergraduate (12 month student placement)
Niftylift Ltd
Location: On site / Milton Keynes MK5 6GF, UK
Job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: FMCG | Supply Chain
Salary: Competitive salary
Supply Chain Undergraduate
Responsible to: Head of Purchasing and Supply Chain / (Senior) Commodity Manager
Internal liaison with: All employees, but predominantly – the Purchasing and Supply Chain department, Design and Engineering, Production management, Niftylift Fabrications facility, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality Engineers.
External liaison with the Company supplier base, via regular visits, face to face meetings, e‑mail & phone.
1 Main Tasks
- Undertaking a relevant project or multiple projects for the duration of the secondment
- Prepare, manage, and communicate project plans and schedules, and maintain comprehensive project documentation
- Analyse data to evaluate potential issues and risks before they occur, including parts shortages, supplier stability and bill of material costs
- Supporting the team in developing and maintaining a competitive and reliable supply base
- Participate in the creation and management of cross functional commodity sourcing strategies which are designed to deliver a robust and sustainable supply base
- Capacity and lead time analysis to ensure the current and future build requirements are achieved and protected by the supply base
- Support with identifying purchasing and supply risks in association with growth projections and all new model sourcing
- Supporting cost down initiatives across the company through product benchmarking, early supplier engagement, design to cost and best cost country initiatives
- Assisting in the delivery of key performance objectives including material cost reductions (direct and indirect) in current projects
- Assisting in the selection and nomination of suppliers through the review of capability, cost, quality and sustainability measures
- Supply base management, relationship building and issue resolution
- Provide support to Design / Engineering / Manufacturing and QA departments to investigate and successfully implement new components, innovations and technologies identified by the supply base research
- Continuous seeking of measurable performance improvement opportunities
- Representing the Purchasing department in cross functional meetings, including stakeholder reviews, ensuring compliance to the purchasing processes and recommending improvements to processes
- Support the Supply Chain team to ensure component availability meets all programme requirements, including the monitoring of schedules
- Utilising MS Office systems and tools to an intermediate level
2 Qualifications & experience
- Studying towards a degree in Procurement and Supply chain management
- A general knowledge of engineering and manufacturing processes
- A good level of PC literacy
3 Characteristics
- Enthusiastic, motivated individual who can operate at the highest level within a dynamic environment, with a willingness to take on challenges
- Confident and professional manner when dealing with internal and external customers and stakeholders
- Multi‑tasking experience and flexibility to address immediate priorities while managing deadlines for longer‑term projects and strategic initiatives
- Task performance driven and keen to progress, with a passion to succeed
- Innovative mindset, with the ability to generate new ideas and translate them into tangible results
- Self‑motivated and task‑oriented
- Flexible and adaptable, analytical and logical
- Attention to detail and having a high degree of accuracy but at the same time being able to see the bigger picture
- A strong individual capable of working at pace using their initiative whilst being an excellent team player
Benefits
- Annual bonus (for indication only) based on recent average £500 per year
- 25 days holiday (increases with service, up to 30 days), plus bank holidays
- Subsidised refreshments (lunch and drink options)
- Free quarterly company lunches
- Health cover scheme for dental, optical etc. (kids membership included for free)
- Life insurance scheme
- Workwear (including safety shoes and PPE)
- On‑site changing rooms and showers
- Competitive compensation package
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or any other protected status.
