Job Information

Our client are looking for a Procurement and Supply Chain manager to join the team near Prestwick, Ayrshire, in the South West of Scotland.

The Procurement and Supply Chain Manager Will be responsible for the entire Material Requirements Planning, PO to Supplier Invoice cycle for ALL supplier spend.
The successful candidate will ideally have experience of working in a similar position with experience in an Engineering or Metal Product Manufacturing industry.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Operating to and setting the highest standards of Ethical Behavior
• Responsible for analysing spend, identifying target saving areas and implementing the
Initiatives to deliver the savings
• Responsible for the entire Material Requirements Planning, PO to Supplier Invoice cycle
• Responsible for Procurement and Supply Chain system data integrity on our ERP system
taking a leading role in the management of MRP functionality
• Manage and develop supplier relationships to assure the required performance levels
• Supplier management and measurement, establish and produce necessary reports and KPI
measurement on cost reduction, delivery performance & quality
• Work closely with estimating, engineering and quality to ensure all new material and
supplier requirements are understood and communicated within the supply base and
ultimately delivered
• Accountable for, demand interpretation and production of supplier forecasts and schedules
where necessary to ensure on time delivery.
• Responsibility for optimising stock levels and spend, ensuring material availability whilst
minimising stock and liability
• Communication of supplier performance and material availability to aid production and
business planning processes
• Monitor supplier lead times to ensure they align with contractual commitments and
proactively resolve any issues with material availability.
• Support the estimating function with sourcing special purchased materials, ensuring a fast
response to customer enquiries and ensuring best value to allow us to be competitive
• Audit and analyse supplier delivery performance and develop plans to continuously improve
• Proactively identifying potential issues, working to resolve such issues so that material
availability impact is minimised
• Communicate and monitor our requirements relating to expected service level e.g. enquiry
response, paperwork requirements, delivery notification, delivery slots, EDI etc.
• Manage and lead the resolution of all supplier account queries
• Ensure material receipt and allocation transactions are complete on the ERP system
• Support Quality function in the event of supplier issues, leading this activity to ensure
effective containment, and corrective action to prevent resolution
• Work proactively and collaboratively with other functions to ensure the effectiveness of the
overall operation
• Identify opportunities for and participate in continuous improvement activities within this
function and the wider business
• Ensure compliance with ISO processes and system
• Monitor and report on commodity / material indices to ensure best value, whilst feeding
back to Sales and estimating to ensure material related customer price adjustment
opportunities are understood
• Help determine and implement Procurement and Supply Chain strategy for the business

INDICATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES

• Develop initiatives and deliver identified savings opportunities
• Ensure supplier performance to the required level
• Deliver highest levels of internal customer satisfaction
• Perform to the satisfaction of the role’s line manager
• Set consistently high standards of personal and functional performance
• Operate in line with the Company’s Health and Safety requirements.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS

• Self-motivated individual capable of working alone and as part of a team
• Tenacious and driven to deliver functional excellence to the business
• Ability to overcome barriers preventing success
• Ability to develop highly productive working relationships at all levels based on respect
• teamwork and collaboration
• Highly developed written, verbal and face to face communication skills at all levels of business
• Accurate, Efficient and Diligent with high standards of work
• Commercially aware with exceptional negotiating skills
• Excellent planning and time management skills
• Ability to determine the true value proposition aligned to our business model
• Understanding of and compliance with Business Ethics

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Experience of successful delivery in a fast moving commercially driven environment where
requirements, priorities and demand can change frequently
• Demonstrate proven track record of delivering exceptional levels of internal customer service
• Ability to see the big picture while taking care of the detail
• Experience of using both manual and system based Materials Requirements Planning
• Experience of using and managing ERP / MRP system
• Ability to identify Key Performance Indicators, put measurement in place and report on KPI’s
• Highly competent in MS Office applications, incl Word, Excel & Outlook as a communication
and time management tool
• Ability to produce Management Level reporting of activity
• Proven ability to develop the procurement function to continuously improve
• Development and implementation of core procurement practices and policies

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

Educated to Higher Level, with appropriate Business Qualification such as MCIPS or minimum 5