Buyer

2 weeks ago


Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Adecco UK Full time

**Job Title: Buyer**

**Duration: 6 months (possibility for extension)**

**Pay rate: £20.00 per hour**

**Working hours/shift pattern: 37 hours per week Mon - Thurs 8 - 16.45 Fri 8 -12**

**Work Address: Stafford Road, Wolverhampton**
- CIPs qualification and 2:1 or greater degree classification in business or engineering.

Job Description Summary : Typical Roles/Area of Focus:

- Manage portfolio of suppliers and build effective relationships to achieve performance.
- Alignment with Commodity Managers, Account Managers, Supplier Development, Supplier Quality Assurance and Value Streams to ensure business measures are achieved.
- Work with suppliers and facilitate improvement in Quality, Cost and Delivery (QCD) performance by driving the implementation of supplier generated improvement plans.
- Purchase Order, Purchase Order Schedule and Purchase Price Variance management.
- Order Book management.
- Work with account managers and commodity managers on supplier strategy in-line with VS requirements.
- Support Commodity Management Request for Quotation (RFQ) and supplier selection process.
- Negotiate with and manage cost for tactical suppliers in support of Commodity strategy and business financial performance and cost reduction targets.
- Timely resolve and manage supplier payment and invoice issues
- Facilitate stakeholder reviews and action outcomes supporting change management and transfer programmes.
- Work with New Product Introduction (NPI) teams and engineering to ensure that new requirements and amendments are quickly identified and that supply solutions are in place to meet project timescales.
- MRP management, setting up and controlling the MRP in line with program and business requirements.
- Work proactively to mitigate or minimise supply chain risks.
- Escalation management.
- Investigate alternate sources of supply and bench mark current supply chain.
- Supplier Production Rate Readiness (PRR) and Capacity assessment

Level of Responsibility:

- Understanding of business processes with a high degree of commercial acumen.
- Ability to communicate effectively internally and externally.
- Action focused, driven to deliver concrete and sustainable results.
- Engineering knowledge/exposure is advantageous.
- Procurement experience in Aerospace / Automotive or Electrical industries.
- Experience of utilizing lean CI techniques.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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