PROFESSIONAL STAFFING SPECIALISTS
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Job title
Interim Buyer
Ref no. | BHN566448 |
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Location | Cheltenham, England |
Start date | ASAP |
Job type | Contract 6 Months |
Job status | Closed |
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Job summary
Interim buyer required for a 6 month contract for a leading engineering business.
Key skills required for this role
buyer, aerospace, manufacturing
Important
buyer for 6 month contract
Job description
Responsibilities
- Ensure all purchasing requisitions messages are actioned on the system on time, and where requisitions are raised in arrears challenge and resolve appropriately
- RFQ and Quotation analysis to ensure best total cost of acquisition. All quotations to be loaded into IFS and maintained. Includes pricing, MOQ and lead time accuracy
- Manage the Supplier Open Order Book on a weekly basis, ensuring no dates in arrears, and IFS is kept up to date with accurate Confirmed deliveries and liaising with Planner when any issues arise that delays delivery
- Action all MRP messages including Early, Late and Remove to all suppliers on a weekly basis. Update IFS accordingly
- Escalate issues with delivery dates that don't meet MRP need with suppliers and escalate within team where necessary
- Support weekly planning review within your respective area and ensure you have appropriate information to allow planning to re-plan orders appropriately
- Work with CM to rationalise and reduce as many approved suppliers as possible (targets given per team)
- Action the quarantine list daily and clear all parts within a 3 day period
- Ensure all supplier returns are actioned within 72 hours of being put in the returns cage and target supplier return date within a 14 day period
- Initiate and maintain all Supplier Approval documentation and process approvals
- Supplier invoice queries resolutions
- Identify and manage Risks to the Supply Chain via Risk Register and mitigating actions
Experience & Skills Required:
- Operational purchasing experience and demonstrated achievements
- Excellent administrative, organisational and communication skills
- Technical understanding of drawings and specification
- Negotiation skills and experience
- Aerospace experience (preferable)
- Intermediate Excel skills (preferable)
Measures of Success
- Supplier on time delivery in Full at 98%
- Order confirmations to be returned within 7 days and IFS updated
- Supplier re approvals in time, no arrears
- All quarantine items resolved within 3 days
- Supplier returns to have return dates within 14 days