Procurement Specialist

2 weeks ago

Colchester, United Kingdom Concurrent Technologies Full time

**The Company**

Concurrent Technologies designs a range of high-performance Intel® processor boards, switches, networking, storage and software products for use in embedded computing solutions. We manufacture our board products in our Colchester, UK based factory to meet the highest level of inspection standards for long life cycle, reliable operation.

Our products are used by many of the world’s leading integrators within the Defence, Security, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Transportation, Medical and Industrial markets and are designed to be operated in a range of temperatures and environments from benign to extreme rugged.

The company operates facilities in Colchester and Theale in the United Kingdom and Woburn, MA in the United States. We are supported by a world-wide network of distributors and manufacturers’ representatives to ensure that local support is always available to our customers.

Concurrent Technologies is a public company, quoted on AIM on the London Stock Exchange.

**The Role**

The Procurement Specialist role is predominantly to oversee purchasing activities in relation to components needed for our Products. It involves collaborating closely with the Planning, Engineering and Sales teams to ensure it is being purchased in line with the sales order book and pipeline.

**What will I be delivering?**
- Reviewing, benchmarking, and scheduling components to be purchased.
- Working in line with vendor score card KPI’s, On Time Delivery (OTD), On Time to Requirement and 95% quality performance.
- Support manufacturing schedule, inventory management and arranging Kanban schedules.
- Open order book management.

**What’s in it for me?**

**What do I need to bring with me?**

**Demonstrated knowledge and experience**
- Stakeholder management.
- Financial acumen.
- Strategic industry management - ability to create plans that help to predict the global market.

**Technical skills and qualifications**
- CIPS qualification is preferred but not required as the qualification can be obtained through the business.

**Behavioural competencies**
- Communication skills - written, verbal and listening.
- Negotiation skills
- contracts, pricing, and lead time.
- High level of problem solving and reasoning to solve it.
- Confident in gathering information to make the right decision.
- Relationship management.

**Benefits for working at Concurrent Technologies**:

- Generous company pension scheme (5.5%-13.5% employer contribution)
- Health Insurance, Life Assurance & Income protection
- 25 days holiday + Banks
- Holiday purchase scheme
- Cycle to work
- Techscheme
- Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- No probationary period

**Equal Opportunity Statement**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Colchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Procurement: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: One location

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