Programme Co-ordinator

**Position Title: Business Processes Analyst**

**Duration: 12 Month Rolling Contract**

**Location: Gaydon**

**Division: Purchasing**

**Inside IR35 - Umbrella Rate - £22.00 per hour**

**The Opportunity**
- The Programme Procurement team are part of the Clients’ Procurement function.
- The Programme Procurement team manage the interface between the teams delivering the Clients’ vehicle programmes and global manufacturing programmes and are responsible for ensuring that Procurement tasks and plans are delivered as part of the programme deliverables and key gateways.
- This role requires building strong relationships with stakeholders within Procurement Teams (Buyers), cross functional Programme Teams and colleagues across the Global Programme Teams.
- The Procurement Analyst, with continuous focus on Cost, Quality, Delivery, Innovation & Sustainability, will support the Programme Procurement Manager, who is responsible for ensuring that the tasks / activities required to deliver the new vehicle / business programmes are understood and communicated into the Procurement team. This includes:

- Ensuring the cross functional Vehicle Programme Teams and Direct Procurement / Centre of Competence (CoCs) are kept appropriately briefed on relevant strategy, processes and opportunities in order to derive maximum benefit for the Clients’ Business.
- Ensure Programme activities support Procurement and STA CoC delivery and compliance to Sourcing Deliverables for new vehicle lines and global infrastructure.
- Obtain all the relevant Bill of Materials (BOM) and take rate detail from Programmes in time to support sourcing and capacity confirmation in line with programme gateway deliverables and Global Sourcing Process (eGSP).
- Represent Purchasing and STA function through programme meeting cadence and ensure commercial inputs and outputs are actioned in accordance with Programme requirements.
- Creating and managing metrics /communicating information to internal customers in timely and structured way
- Ensure that all cost deliverables have Procurement input into the Programme Finances including cost opportunities, highlighting cost risk and associated mitigation plans.
- Working directly with the Procurement Teams to ensure that any risks to on-time sourcing are flagged, and work with the relevant stakeholders/ input areas to develop plans to remove/ mitigate the risk through collaborative working.
- Corroborate any agreed changes to sourcing timelines to ensure they are in line with the new project/ programme framework / deliverables.
- Appropriate escalation where sourcing timelines risk programme timing/deliverables.
- Represent the Procurement through programme meeting cadence and ensure escalation for input requirements and status on outputs are provided in accordance with Programme Requirements (e.g. sourcing, cost management, capacity and facilities readiness).
- Communicating Programme changes for impact assessment in relation to Procurement tasks/deliverables.

**Knowledge, Skills and Experience**

**Essential**:

- Proven experience in using data to create metrics for onward cascade to stakeholders.
- Proven experience in workload planning and execution management experience with demonstrable evidence of successful delivery in challenging cross functional environments.
- Able to facilitate resolution of complex cross-functional issues via proven problem-solving methods and skill set
- Organised with excellent time management skills
- Strong Influencing & Negotiation skills
- Clear understanding of how to facilitate cross functional team to meet objectives with experience of working in teams and/or experience of relationship management.

**Desirable**:

- Experience working in Agile, e.g., scrum, Kanban, JIRA system
- Previous experience of relationship management within global cross functional teams would be desirable
- Professionally qualified, i.e. educated to Degree, MCIPS or Professional Programme Management level with a proven track record in a Procurement, Cost Management, Programme Management or complex business environment
- Exposure to SAP/ other ERP/MRP systems.

Excellent opportunity with immediate starts available,

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: From £22.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Warwick