Indirect Buyer - Warwick, United Kingdom - Contechs

Contechs
Contechs
Verified Company
Warwick, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description

In Direct Buyer

Duration: 14 Month Rolling Contract

Location:
Gaydon

Division:
Purchasing

The Opportunity

  • Overall responsibility and leadership for all Purchasing activities within specified categories, including;
  • Responsible for sourcing in line with Strategy Category Plan (SCP) through the Global Sourcing Process to the point of Contract / Purchase Order for their sub categories
  • Lead continuous improvements in purchasing activities by supporting COE initiatives / activities for their respective sub categories
  • Responsible for internal stakeholder alignment on strategy and sourcing, including key focus on regional inputs and regional deployment for their sub categories
  • Responsible for global category strategy development and deployment to deliver company cost and quality targets through sourcing within the Global markets for their sub categories
  • Support delivery team in supplier relationships through the Contract Management and Supplier Performance Management process for their sub categories

Key Performance Indicators

  • Savings in line with the savings target (Budgetary and Value Add) for their sub categories
  • SCP Approvals in line with targets for their sub categories
  • Supplier rationalisation in line with targets for their sub categories
  • Sourcing timing / GSP / Sourcing Board Review adherence and First Time Through for their sub categories
  • Contract Management KPI's tbc (Change management, ongoing cost performance, problem resolution timing etc. etc.) for their sub categories

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities / Category Strategy

  • Responsible for SCP delivery, ensuring completion line with annual SCP targets for their sub categories
  • Responsible for ensuring the SCP is kept up to date in line with the annual review target for their sub categories
  • Accountable for ensuring analytics on suppliers, market and business requirements is available for their sub categories (Analytics will be provided by the Analyst function)

Sourcing

  • Responsible for delivering sourcing in line with policy and to agreed targets through GSP and deploying Total Cost of Ownership approach
  • Accountable for leading complex supplier negotiations including legal and financial approval pre Contract / Purchase Order, engaging specialist teams and Global Purchasing Finance as required for their sub category
  • Responsible for Global Strategy Approach Document submission and GSP process adherence for their sub category
  • Lead Stakeholder alignment in relation to strategy creation and implementation for their sub category
  • Ensure alignment with Regional Buying Colleagues to ensure strategic / tactical sourcing is in line with strategy for their sub category
  • Responsible for their sub category delivery against savings targets
  • Identify Make vs Buy and business justification when required and support analysis for their sub category
  • Responsible for supply chain risk management for their sub category
  • Responsible for ensuring regional buying teams are adhering to the sub category strategy within the region.
  • Engage with specialist functions where required GPF, Risk, OGC
  • Maintain lead for supplier interaction

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential:


  • Experience of indirect procurement of goods and services
  • MCIPS or working towards the qualification
  • Experience of negotiating terms and conditions
  • Commercial awareness and negotiation skills
  • Understand category management principles
  • Strategic thinking
  • Global business understanding and experience
  • Relationship management internal and external
  • Category knowledge and demonstrated experience
  • Flexibility and agility to be able to adjust to changing business needs
  • An individual who is results driven, demonstrates, tenacity, drive and perseverance, with the ability to deliver in a complex, highly demanding environment.

Personal Profile

Essential:


  • An individual able to deliver quality and consistency in a complex and highly demanding environment.
  • A selfmotivated individual who uses initiative and problem solver focussed on delivering results.
  • An individual with the capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium term planning
  • Works well under pressure of conflicting priorities
  • A strong communicator with the ability understand and to communicate complex ideas
  • A effective team player, actively develops and supports team members
  • Proactive team player, who is happy to be hands on and work with a small team
  • Proven track record of demonstrating logic and analytical thinking

Desirable:


  • An individual with the ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style
  • A resilient and enthusiastic who responds constructively to new ideas and inputs

Additional Information:


  • Hybrid working with main site is Gaydon with 1day minimum and 1day minimum at a stakeholder site,
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