Procurement Engineer. Job in Towersey LilyLifestyle Jobs

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Purchasing Engineer to join a well-established and innovative manufacturing business in Thame!

Job Purpose

• Manage and coordinate purchase functions at site level in coordination with global procurement guidelines and objectives.
• Develop and implement key procurement strategies, contingency plans and ensure that plans are aligned with business requirements.
• Develop long-term partnerships with suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance to ensure meeting of service, cost, delivery and quality norms.
• Supplier relationship management to ensure mutually beneficial and stable business relationships are maintained.

Job Context

• This role supports UK-based operations while working closely with international teams and global subsidiaries.
• Based in Thame, the position may require occasional travel to supplier sites across the UK and internationally.
• Responsible for achieving agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set by management.
• Operates as an integral member of the operational team, contributing to day-to-day procurement activities.
• Undertakes additional duties as required to maintain and enhance procurement processes and supplier relationship management.
• Provides support to cross-functional projects beyond procurement, including continuous improvement initiatives, sustainability programmes, and new product introduction.
• This is primarily an office-based role (Monday to Thursday), with home working available on Fridays.

Job Dimensions

• Outsourcing and component development for parts and new products introduced.
• Vendor base management.
• Statutory documentation.
• Master data maintenance in D365 related to procurement function.
• Compliance with GPP non-inventory (indirect) procurement support.

Key Accountabilities

• Interfacing with cross-functional departments for ascertaining procurement plans.
• Ensuring maximum cost savings.
• Co-ordination with Design, R&D, QA and suppliers.
• Closely work with Global Purchase Team for alternate sourcing, support and participation towards all actions to ensure diversified supplier base.
• New parts/vendor development to help with new product introduction.
• Negotiation and price finalization with suppliers for best possible prices and terms.
• Performing cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking.
• Drive and implement cost reduction projects/monitor the progress and reporting it to business.
• Management reporting on KPIs, commodity movement, operations reports, purchase volume and corresponding savings, BOS.
• Monitoring KPIs, performance of team members to ensure efficiency in operations and meeting of individual & group targets.
• Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters the development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst the team members.
• Lead and ensure implementation of GPP and compliance.
• Monitor and control on D365 records that includes vendor registrations, VTA, standard costs, price approvals as per DOA, non-inventory PO approvals and routine PR-PO management.
• Monitoring, review and control of non-inventory purchase/AMCs and related procurements, price negotiations, contracting and approvals as per GPP.
• Review/monitor - ECN management mod meetings - participation.
• Review/monitor - price variances monitoring COPQ scrap rates negotiations and controls.
• Regular review and control on tooling records, approvals for tool agreement, ensuring the tool payment and tool asset register.
• Annual budgeting exercise by providing cost details and inputs on trends of material cost for the forthcoming year.

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Degree in Engineering, professional certification in procurement and supply chain or equivalent.
• Understanding of the principles of materials management.
• Working knowledge of MRP set ups.
• Numeracy skills to interpret statistics and make commercial decisions.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Advanced computer skills - specifically in Microsoft Office & AX Dynamics D365.

Behavioural Competencies

• High level of communication skills, people management.
• Strong leadership skills with an ability to drive team's performance.
• Planning and organizational skills.
• Proactive and positive (can do) approach, innovative and customer focused.