Buyer

1 month ago


Cheltenham, United Kingdom Ultra Electronics Full time

The Ultra Supply Chain function manages the processes associated with Indirect and Direct Procurement of goods and materials required to meet the operational demands of the business and the logistics of ensuring that materials are available for operations, and the completed products/services are delivered to the customer.

Wherever possible, we will consider a variety of working options to suit your lifestyle, whether that be hybrid home/office working, flexible working and part or full time employment. It's the 'innovating' and 'empowering' values that we ASPIRE to be. We welcome the challenge to work in new ways and have trust in you when getting the job done because we recognise, our business is our people.

The Buyer will be responsible for the operational activities surrounding the purchasing function on business systems for all suppliers. They will solely be responsible for the day to day maintenance and relationship management of all Portfolio suppliers including cost reduction activities, improvements in quality and delivery and supplier management and development.

Key Responsibilities:

- Ensure all purchasing requisitions messages are actioned on the system on time, and where requisitions are raised in arrears challenge and resolve appropriately
- RFQ and Quotation analysis to ensure best total cost of acquisition. All quotations to be loaded into IFS and maintained. Includes pricing, MOQ and lead time accuracy
- Manage the Supplier Open Order Book on a weekly basis, ensuring no dates in arrears, and IFS is kept up to date with accurate Confirmed deliveries and liaising with Planner when any issues arise that delays delivery
- Action all MRP messages including Early, Late and Remove to all suppliers on a weekly basis. Update IFS accordingly
- Escalate issues with delivery dates that don’t meet MRP need with suppliers and escalate within team where necessary
- Support weekly planning review within your respective area and ensure you have appropriate information to allow planning to re-plan orders appropriately
- Work with CM to rationalize and reduce as many approved suppliers as possible (targets given per team)
- Action the quarantine list daily and clear all parts within a 3 day period
- Ensure all supplier returns are actioned within 72 hours of being put in the returns cage and target supplier return date within a 14 day period
- Initiate and maintain all Supplier Approval documentation and process approvals
- Supplier invoice queries resolutions
- Identify and manage Risks to the Supply Chain via Risk Register and mitigating actions

Experience & Skills Required:

- Operational purchasing experience and demonstrated achievements
- Excellent administrative, organisational and communication skills
- Technical understanding of drawings and specification
- Negotiation skills and experience
- Aerospace experience (preferable)
- Intermediate Excel skills (preferable)

Security Clearance:

- Benefits:

- Every employee is critical to our success and as such we offer a range of flexible employee benefits along with career development opportunities.- Flexible working within core working hours-
- 25 days holiday with the option to buy/sell 5 days plus bank holidays.-
- 4 times your annual salary in life assurance-
- Flexible benefits package (benefits such as, new car scheme, retail vouchers, gym discounts, health screening and more)-
- Pension Scheme - Less than 5 years' service up to 5.5% employer contributions, 5 years' service + up to 7.5% employer contributions.-
- Sports and Social club-
- Supportive and friendly working environment with regular team eventsHere at Ultra we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking, ensuring we successfully deliver to our customers.

We therefore do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible.


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