Purchasing Manager

3 weeks ago


Cwmbran, Torfaen County Borough, United Kingdom Safran Full time

Job Summary

As a Purchasing Manager at Safran, you will be responsible for leading our Material Schedulers to ensure that we have the correct materials on site at the right time for our production facilities while managing cost and transportation. Supplier performance and adherence to plan are key responsibilities for this role, always looking for ways to improve performance and costs.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Team Leadership: Develop a positive and continuous improvement culture, hold regular and effective 1-2-1's, annual appraisals, and help create development plans.
  2. Supply Chain Strategy: Contribute to and implement the Supply Chain strategy, deploying it through the team to ensure everyone understands their role in the plan.
  3. Inventory Management: Ensure inventory levels are maintained within agreed target levels, create plans to resolve any imbalances, and develop and report the inventory forecast.
  4. Performance Analysis: Be a key member of the Supply Chain Leadership Team, working to measure, analyse, and improve performance and impacts.
  5. Data Integrity: Ensure that purchasing data is accurate, up to date, and regularly audited, liaising with internal teams and suppliers to maintain integrity.
  6. Supplier Management: Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, provide performance feedback, and proactively create, share, and improve forecasts and capacity plans.
  7. Inventory Optimisation: Accountable for the management and reliability of inventories, determining how to increase stock turns, reduce waste, and optimise customer service.
  8. Performance Metrics: Measure and analyse performance in line with BU defined metrics, manage the creation of relevant reports, and analyse the root cause of missed metrics.

Requirements

  • Supply Chain Experience
  • Team leadership
  • Supplier Performance Management
  • Proficiency in MRP & ERP
  • CI or Lean Methodology
  • CIPS qualification or working towards this
  • Multi-Site Manufacturing

What We Offer

  • Negotiable competitive salary
  • 25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays
  • Benefits Programme, with a number of schemes such as cycle to work, technology savings, retail discounts, and access to private healthcare
  • Personal developments scheme


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