Overview
Purpose of Role:
The company supplies complex metal components to the commercial aerospace, energy, and defense industries.
The Purchasing role leads and supports the division’s business development goals through the management of purchasing all material to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Assure all activities of the department meet EHS policies and guidelines
- Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, support proposal activities, shipping and receiving
- Hands-on purchasing to support manufacturing operations
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors such as product cost or quality
- Implement new or improved supply chain processes to increase efficiency or performance
- Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production, and distribution capabilities
- Identify new sources of purchasing and services and ensure they are qualified to perform
- Prepare and approve purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods and services
- Maintain records in the ERP system of items purchased, costs, and deliveries
- Review unacceptable goods/services with outside vendors, monitor shipments, and resolve related problems
- Define, manage, and optimize all activities for making purchasing and information flow
- Advise on production schedules when required, collaborating with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Business Development
- Confer with site associates and vendors to coordinate production and shipping activities
- Assure suppliers meet all supplier quality management system requirements
- Work with the manufacturing, engineering, and quality team to review and monitor supply chain demands for successful new product development
- Advocate a safe and professional work environment
- Foster an environment of cooperation and teamwork with all functional disciplines/departments
Person Specification:
- 5+ years of progressive supply chain/purchasing management experience, preferably in the manufacturing of metal components
- Understanding of financial documents, ERP systems (preferably experience with Epicor), Microsoft Office
- Qualified in Supply Chain Management or a related discipline
Key Skills
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills; a succinct verbal and written communication style
- Humility, integrity, and respect; the unique ability to balance the need to be self-assured with the equally important need to communicate and manage effectively to appropriate outcomes
- Astute, with strong business acumen and the pragmatic ability to recognize the effect of decisions on the customer and business
- Ability to manage up, down, and work well with peers, with the ability to push back without alienating others
Hours of Operation:
- 08:30 - 17:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:30 - 13:00 Friday
