Strategic Procurement Lead

3 weeks ago

Swadlincote, United Kingdom Exertis Full time

**Req ID**:6017**Company**:DCC Vital - Fannin UK**Salary**:not disclosed**Location**:Swadlincote, GB, DE12 7DT**Contract Type**:Permanent**Date Posted**:6 Jun 2023**Description**:
**Strategic Procurement Lead - Medical Devices UK**

**Job title: Strategic Procurement Lead
- Medical Devices UK**

**Location: UK (Measham area DE12 7DT)**

**Reporting to: Operations Director, DCC Vital**

**Oversight***: Buying, Buyer Planning and Purchasing activity, Medical Devices UK,**
**Medical Device Businesses incl Clevedon, Stroud/Measham, Vacsax, Medical Device Management Teams, DCC Vital Quality Teams**

**Liaises with**:
***

**Summary**

**Principal Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Provide handover and support of the current cost-down initiative being rolled out in Fannin and other businesses
- Engage and introduce regular supply and performance reviews with key suppliers including the connection between contractual commitment and development.
- Support the commercial team in developing the right balanced commitment of product value by ensuring cost of supply is comparable with market value, providing challenge and support where necessary.
- Have ownership of ensuring raw material and freight costs are at or below market levels and tracking commodity indexes accordingly.
- Support and liaise with the buying community across DCC Vital
- Provide tactical support and leverage to introduction of new products via NPD or acquisitions.
- Lead the addition of new products from NPD through systematic controls and procedures. Ensure systems are in place to manage new products via the ERP system and that the relevant item-master information is accurate to facilitate min/max/PO trigger and planning data.
- Introduce and drive an S&OP process to manage PO demands and commitment with a view to control working capital commitments
- Support the control of Inventory levels at key warehousing sites and stock turns
- Provide new expertise, process and controls to the current knowledge of the Division
- Understand the needs of the DCC Vital value stream for the future as well as supplier strategies and build plans to influence and drive alignment.
- Develop and communicate initiatives and projects to improve cost performance and added value of the supply chain solutions and functionally lead their executions through the internal supply chain organisation.
- Work closely with leadership and stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and to deliver resolution to complex supplier issues and drive systemic lessons-learned.
- Use effective influencing skills to ensure key projects/ initiatives are managed and delivered on plan and to budget.
- Present at an executive level regularly improvement activities and issue status.
- Develop leading KPI metrics to drive improvements and waste reduction across the team.
- Be accountable for facilitating the resolution of problems with internal and external stakeholders.
- Be involved with and lead continuous improvement exercises.
- Visit suppliers for senior account reviews.

**Qualifications & experience**:

- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in procurement across
- Experience in medical device industry or similar
- Experience of Quality & ISO Systems including ISO 13485
- Excellent computer literacy
- Proven verbal and written communication skills, and very good listening skills
- Ability create a positive impact and convey confidence and credibility to others
- Establish and maintain good working and interpersonal relationships
- Ability to make decisions with confidence relying on previous experience to inform decisions
- Ability to produce results, prioritise objectives & schedule work to best use time and resources
- A strong understanding of the commercial implications of role
- Ability to cope effectively with pressure and setbacks and maintain commitment in spite of opposition
- The role demands a well-organised approach, underpinned by the ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels, both verbally and in writing. Reliability, IT literacy and the ability to plan and complete projects to set timelines is essential.**Other Information**:

- Full-time, permanent role
- Available to work beyond normal office hours including international travel as required

Although the above is a description of the requirements of the role, as stated in your contract of employment, you may be required to carry out other reasonable duties as the Company may require from time to time.- DCC Vital operates quality and EHS management systems across all sites and staff agree to comply within the requirements relevant to their role.**DCC VITAL IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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