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Senior Buyer

3 months ago

ShorehambySea, United Kingdom Ricardo Full time

Key accountabilities:

Meeting with Clients to discuss/define requirements and coordinate supply chain activities between suppliers, clients and Engineering/project teams.
Maintain and promote relationships with clients, suppliers and the Ricardo community.
Procurement of project goods including bespoke parts/tooling manufactured from drawings, along with design/development, and other technical services.
Competitive bidding (RFQ), negotiating prices / added value and reporting cost-reduction achievements.
Liaising with suppliers and Engineering teams on design feasibility issues, expediting orders and agreeing concessions or return rejects.
Control spends against budget and forecasting to completion of project.
Identification & evaluation, performing due diligence, assessing financial risk, sustainability, of potential supply partners.
Negotiation, contracting, and risk evaluation, working closely with SQA of/with UK and international suppliers.
Ownership of the end-to-end, purchase-to-pay process for projects assigned.
Coordination and Maintenance of supplier held tooling registers.
Reporting out on your project status, where you are with given tasks, systems or commodities.
Actively supporting the Ricardo procurement community in identification & development of procurement best-practise across all business divisions.
Take an active lead in Make vs Buy strategy in conjunction with our manufacturing teams.
Leading cost estimation activities during product concept phases.
Supporting the business development team on bid preparation and pitching to clients for procurement activities.
Working alongside clients, suppliers, engineering and programme management to determine and plan development and pre-production parts requirements.
Preparing RFQ packs (downloading drawings/CAD files etc)
Analysing RFQ feedback and making sourcing decisions based on project requirements and best value.
Preparing supplier nomination packs for stakeholder approval.
Ownership of the Purchase Requisition/approval process to ensure compliance with internal and legislative controls.
Order placement and management/ownership with UK and international suppliers. Order confirmation and acknowledgement to ensure accuracy of all order details and delivery to plan.
Investigating & solving invoice queries in a timely manner.
Placement of assembly/facility and supplier tooling orders in line with programme plans to ensure programme timings maintained.
Liaising with suppliers and engineering teams on design feasibility issues, DFM, changes, expediting orders and agreeing concessions or return of non-conforming parts.
Coordination & maintenance of spend tracker (BoM items, assembly/facility equipment, supplier tooling)

Additional/special features of the role:

Strong experience of NPI and Procurement Process or a similar role where skills can be transferred into the objective’s description above, preferably gained within the automotive or marine sector.

Essential technical and professional skills, knowledge and qualification:

Desirable technical and professional skills, knowledge and qualification:

A knowledge of marine outboards and marine outboard systems for this role would be advantageous.

Behaviour Competencies

Excellent communication skills, plus being comfortable communicating with different levels within the business, is essential.
A good team player who can work alone when required.
Highly Self Motivated and Focused
Reliable and Punctual