Procurement Specialist
4 days ago
I am recruiting on behalf of an established international Manufacturing company in Abingdon.
- Support the Sourcing Manager in executing strategic supply chain and sourcing initiatives.
- Issue, negotiate, and advance supplier agreements through to completion.
- Actively participate in project meetings, providing informed sourcing insights.
- Conduct supplier visits and audits to assess performance, compliance, and suitability.
- Develop and maintain key sourcing metrics, delivering detailed reports to inform strategic decisions and drive continuous improvement in supplier performance and sourcing effectiveness.
- Analyse, define, and implement market and sourcing strategies for assigned commodities to optimise cost and quality.
- Identify and source new suppliers that strategically enhance cost efficiency and service levels.
- Source additional suppliers to enable dual sourcing, strengthening supply chain resilience.
- Develop and execute strategic plans to exit underperforming suppliers.
- Monitor supplier performance against KPIs (cost, quality, and delivery) to enhance performance, addressing any issues and implementing corrective actions as needed.
- Establish and formalise long-term agreements (LTAs) or contracts in alignment with company objectives, as directed by the Sourcing Officer.
- Contribute to cross-functional projects by providing sourcing expertise to support Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs (QARA), New Product Development (NPD), Production, and Engineering.
- Lead and manage sourcing projects, ensuring on-time and cost-effective completion.
- Collaborate with the Sourcing Officer on the introduction and validation of new products, materials, and components, including managing component obsolescence and identifying alternatives.
- Support Operations, Production Engineering, Materials, Quality, Service, and NPD teams, promoting operational excellence across the company.
- Execute strategic supply chain and sourcing initiatives.
- Negotiate and advance supplier agreements.
- Participate in project meetings and provide informed sourcing insights.
- Assess supplier performance, compliance, and suitability.
- Develop and maintain key sourcing metrics.
- Analyse and implement market and sourcing strategies.
- Source new suppliers to enhance cost efficiency and service levels.
- Develop and execute plans to exit underperforming suppliers.
- Monitor supplier performance against KPIs.
- Establish long-term agreements or contracts.
- Contribute to cross-functional projects.
- Lead and manage sourcing projects.
- Collaborate with the Sourcing Officer.
- Support Operations, Production Engineering, Materials, Quality, Service, and NPD teams.
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