Supply Chain Category Associate - Leicester, United Kingdom - Proactive Technical Recruitment

Proactive Technical Recruitment

Verified Company

Leicester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Supply Chain Category Associate

Location:
Leicester

Salary:
£30,000 - £32,000 + Exceptional Benefits Package
Proactive are currently recruiting for a Supply Chain Category Associate to start work in Leicester Immediately.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for a market leader in the design and manufacture of high elevated platforms.

***The Category Associate role is an entry level support position for the supply chain category management and new product development functions. This role supports the organization by gathering and manipulating spend and commodity data, in support of sourcing strategies and category management. The Category Associate conducts research and begins to understand how categories are internally organized and relate to the business.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

Data gathering and manipulation.
Knowledge of data analytics tools; data analytics in a specific commodity/category.
Critical thinking skills forming to connect the category data to the business.
Develop knowledge of supplier through mentoring.
Develop supplier relationships management and engagement methodology.
Develop an understanding for supply market trends.
Connect with engineer/technical drawings and beginning stages of understand technical grammar and learning the language of the business/category/commodity, reading of technical drawings.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or a related field.
OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to travel 1020%.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Internship experience or previous experience in supply chain.
Category sourcing experience within the manufacturing industry.
Ability to effectively communicate.
Ability to work in a team environment.
Strong organizational skills with exceptional follow through and attention to detail.
Strong timemanagement and prioritization skills, able to multitask and prioritize competing requirements and meet deadlines.
Ability to work in a fastpaced environment where requirements are constantly changing.

How to Apply?

Why work with Proactive Global?
Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.