Procurement Specialist - Skelmersdale, United Kingdom - AIS

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Skelmersdale, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description
We are looking for a Procurement Specialist to join our Operations Team. The role will be based at our site on Stanley Way, Skelmersdale.


Responsibilities:


  • Ensuring adherence to all company policies and prevailing business regulations
  • Supporting Supply Chain Project Managers and any other budget holder with lead time, technical and costing inquiries
  • Seeking out the most efficient source of supply in line with Supply Chain and Business requirements.
  • Ensuring that the supply base is tuned in with our long term vision and objectives and can provide the innovation and flexibility our customers demand

Main Duties:

  • Provide timely, costing and lead time information for goods and services to internal stakeholders within TO and TAB within an area of individual specialization.
  • Ensure that our Terms and Conditions of Purchase are used in all contracts for supply.
  • Specifically maintain or improve our Terms of Payment in line with ongoing business requirements.
  • Establish Contracts of Supply and Pricing Agreements where applicable.
  • Maintain all relevant cost and lead time information required for all major business processes.
  • Source and evaluate new suppliers where required and as part of our continuous improvement philosophy
  • Provide the Purchasing Supervisor and Regional Supply Chain Manager with performance reports on a when required basis
  • Attending all company meetings requiring procurement input within your category specialism
  • Chairing Key Supplier Meetings
  • Other appropriate activities as defined by supply chain management

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

  • Communicate effectively at all levels of the business
  • Be a champion for procurement and related processes with the organization
  • Leverage group spends and achieve the lowest Total Acquisition Cost
  • Develop and guide suppliers within a specific category of spend ,towards providing added value processes, products and services
  • Negotiate with A, B or C class suppliers, on your own or as part of a team

Education:


  • Degree level in a business, engineering or an equivalent discipline preferred
  • Certification in APICS preferred

Experience of:

  • Working within a Procurement environment
  • Working with numbers and at times, high levels of technical detail
  • Proficiency with MS Word, and MS Excel
  • Team based problem solving
  • Chairmanship and Presentation based environments
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