Assistant Purchasing Manager
Full-time: 37.5 hours per week. Salary negotiable depending on experience, plus bonus payable after qualification period.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
* Assist the Purchasing Manager in guiding the team to meet company and project goals.
* Key role in Project Management and hosting regular NPI review meetings.
* Select suppliers to meet business and project needs.
* Strive to achieve or exceed cost improvement goals sustainably.
* Manage supplier relationships.
* Set and communicate supplier performance targets.
* Establish production supply agreements with optimal commercial terms.
* Develop strategies to improve the Purchasing Team’s effectiveness.
* Mentor team members and assist in strategy creation.
* Maintain commodity strategies aligned with business goals.
* Support engineering change management for supplied components and materials.
* Participate in continuous improvement processes for supplier quality, cost, innovation, delivery, and management.
* Address quality issues with suppliers, supporting the quality engineer as needed.
* Maintain the Purchasing database, including expenditures, budgets, and supplier information.
* Coordinate stakeholder activities to achieve business improvement objectives.
* Manage and develop SAP functions related to suppliers and commodities.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
* Manufacturing sector experience.
* Previous experience in automotive preferred – OEM / Tier 1.
* CIPS membership or relevant business qualification desirable.
* Proficient in cost improvement techniques.
* Positive contributor to new product launches.
* Highly developed communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
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