Expeditor (Production Buyer) - Northamptonshire (JCO-102113a)

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Expeditor (Production Buyer)
Northamptonshire, England

Our Client designs, develops, and manufactures powertrain components for use within the motorsport industry. They are currently seeking to recruit an Expeditor (Production Buyer).

The individual will be responsible for the following:

- Define the commodities sourcing strategies
- Manage your supply chain and suppliers` performance
- Develop key suppliers to improve suppliers` performance
- Deliver engine program in budget and contribute to savings/cost reduction/ productivity objectives
- Develop, monitor and maintain the procurement processes
- Present performance KPIs to management on a periodic basis.
- Maintain the team`s presence within the company.
- Define the sourcing strategies, develop and maintain your preferred supplier lists
- Lead supplier negotiations including preparation and documentation
- Develop key suppliers with the focus on continuous improvement
- Cross-functional teamwork involving Design, Engineering, Quality, Finance
- Manage relationships and lead incident resolution with assigned suppliers.
- Ensure suppliers` reliability in achieving 100% quality, cost and delivery compliance in test phases and race phases
- Responsible for the purchasing processes from test phase to race phase, and change management
- Hold and document performance reviews with suppliers
- Responsible for programmes and commodity sourcing presentations to management, including MDS Gateway presentations
- Purchasing representative in defined project management meetings
- Participate and input into group and divisional projects.
- Use the Purchasing forms and company processes
- Use and update accurately the company systems and databases
- Report on performance KPIs as per the defined frequency
- Support the implementation of quality process (ISO standards)

Essential:

* Purchasing experience in a fast moving manufacturing environment, i.e. automotive or FMCG
* Project management experience
* Dispute resolution skills
* MRP understanding
* 2 years in purchasing
* Must be able to read engineering drawings. 

Desirable:

* Knowledge of Industrial Engineering
* Track record of working with a number of commodities
* SAP Knowledge
* Technical understanding of commodity group

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business.