Supply Chain Lead - Rugeley, United Kingdom - Ultra Electronics

Ultra Electronics

Verified Company

Rugeley, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Ultra Maritime in Rugeley Staffordshire has a 24 month fixed term contract vacancy for a Supply Chain Lead to join our busy procurement team.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, this role will provide important procurement and supply management support to a specific project.

The role will require you to act as the supply chain point of contact for designated projects, lead the procurement activities for allocated suppliers, and support the team with the expediting of all material allocated to the project.

Regular travel will be required to develop supplier relationships and ensure schedules are maintained and priorities accounted for. Effective stakeholder management skills will be essential, as well as managing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

To be considered for this new and exciting opportunity you must have a demonstrable experience in procurement and supply chain, with a focus on supplier relationship and performance management, ideally in a defence/engineering related business

Wherever possible, we will consider a variety of working options to suit your lifestyle, whether that be hybrid home/office working, flexible working and part or full time employment.

It's the 'innovating' and 'empowering' values that we ASPIRE to be.

We welcome the challenge to work in new ways and have trust in you when getting the job done because we recognise, our business is our people.

Key Responsibilities- Effective supplier relationship management of designated suppliers.- Manage supplier orderbooks, ensuring effective expediting of business priorities and progress tracking.- Represent procurement and the supply chain department in project and production meetings, providing updates and managing actions.- Ensure data in our ERP system is up to date, and any changes are reviewed and reported accordingly.- Undertake supply chain mapping and risk management exercises.- Liaise with the engineering department to compile procurement specifications and manage any supply/production challenges for specialised equipment and services.- To procure materials in accordance with the agreed company policy and guidelines utilising the company's ERP system, IFS.- Ensure all materials/parts are purchased at competitive prices, meet quality standards and are available to Manufacturing at the required time.- Ensure contract conditions are applied including specific flow downs where applicable.- Identify/realise savings and improve the performance of the supply base in line with company targets.- Compile RFQ's, tenders, negotiations, and draft contracts with suppliers.- Provide cover for other members of the procurement team as required.- Assist the stores department with the annual stock take.

- Demonstrate and adhere to the Ultra ASPIRE values at all times

Qualifications / skills required- CIPS Qualification is desirable.- Experience of major sub-contract procurement is essential.- Experience in contract manufacturing with a design and make to order company.- Previous track record of developing supplier relationships and orderbook management skills.- Excellent teamwork skills.- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with personnel at all levels of the organisation.- Ability to liaise with both internal and external customers and key stakeholders- Ability to work effectively and achieve targets in a fast-paced, continuously changing environment.- Working knowledge of ERP systems (such as IFS).- Excellent planning and organisational skills.- PC literate in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel in particular.

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Here at Ultra we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity.

Underpinned by our values, behaviours and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself.

We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking, ensuring we successfully deliver to our customers.

We therefore do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible.