Scope of Role:

• Bring spend within their category under procurement management using set strategies
• Use said strategies to achieve optimal cost reduction, manage supplier relationships and risk.
• Accountable for identifying, setting and managing metrics to ensure suppliers achieve the required delivery and quality performance levels
• Work collaboratively, exhibit a strong sense of urgency to meet customer timelines, exhibit an intense curiosity/learning drive, successfully operate in a fast-paced environment, engage/influence key stakeholders, be extremely customer-focused, and continuously develop their business acumen

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

• Bring spend within the category under procurement management through theme execution/implementation, strategic management, and stakeholder alignment.
• Identify and develop new supplier opportunities, with improved focus on low-cost regions.
• Own relationships with key site and stakeholder leadership.
• Ensure the management of supplier relationships and risk.
• Implement sourcing strategies in collaboration with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce risks and costs.
• Identify, set, and manage metrics to hold suppliers accountable for performance and delivery.
• Drive results through the creation and management of competitive bidding processes.
• Analyse data and market trends for use in strategy creation and management.
• Work collaboratively with a strong sense of urgency to meet customer timelines.
• Engage and influence key internal and external stakeholders.
• Support Operational Purchasing team in relation to product flow, obsolescence and last time buys as required

Professional Knowledge & Experience:

1. Aerospace or other regulated industry experience with technical ability to read drawings and understand manufacturing processes
2. Degree in Purchasing & Supply or CIPs qualified an advantage
3. Experience of strategic planning towards cost reduction, VA/VE, vendor management, vendor reduction programmes
4. Excellent analytical skills, ability to create Excel Spreadsheets, presentations etc
5. Proven track record in improving Supplier Relations, Cost reduction and lead-time reduction
6. Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement techniques