Technical Procurement

Girling Jones are looking to procure a technical buyer for one of our clients based in the North Devon area. As a Technical Procurement Officer, you will be responsible for the provision of procurement and to support technical team which builds and develops the business. Your duties will involve extensive internal liaison with the technical team, project delivery team and client engagement team as well as with clients such as housing associations and local authorities on the one hand, and approved contractors and product suppliers on the other.

You

Ideally, you will have a background/passion within manufacturing but more specific electronics. Have experience of team working within a technical or procurement environment making contributions to the operational efficiency of a business.

You must have experience of dealing with people, building, and maintaining professional relationships, where the "customer" may be a client, a supplier, or social housing tenant/resident. You therefore need the ability and experience of collaborating with clients, suppliers, partners, and colleagues, to facilitate, arbitrate and achieve business goals. You will also have experience of working with Customer Relationship Management systems or other databases.

Additional information

• Sourcing of mechanical and electronic components
• Delivery solutions generated through supplier collaboration
• Interface with Engineering
• Management of the strategic sourcing process
• Development & improvement of commodity performance through analysis and supplier selection
• Work with the purchasing & legal departments to facilitate implementation of supplier agreements that will drive total cost & inventory reduction strategies
• Management of supplier contract compliance
• Ensure excellent customer quality and delivery service levels while driving improved supplier performance
• Forecasting price trends and their impact on future activities

Key Responsibilities

• Purchasing for specific projects and responding to engineering change requirements, and ordering the required components in line with engineering releases and required timescales
• Identify suitable suppliers and monitor their performance and competitiveness, negotiate the price of technical products ensuring the best acquisition cost
• Initiate, supervise and track communication between R&D/NPI and suppliers
• Interrogate systems and KPI's to measure, control and improve company purchasing spends
• Benchmark current supply base to prove cost/quality competitiveness
• Implement cost down activities across all areas of organization including make or buy and non-production items
• Develop commodity business activity plans in line with agreed targets on cost reduction, quality and delivery
• Manage the rationalisation of supplier base and introduce supplier development programmes for key suppliers
• Manage cost down and continuous improvement programmes in purchasing
• Actively develop the use of tendering processes to locate and secure the best possible sources of supply
• Ensure systems are in place to effectively manage established supplier contracts
• Negotiate contracts with current/new supply base and issue blanket PO's to successful vendors

This an excellent opportunity to join a fantastic business, working within a hard working but passionate team. To be considered, please apply today.

Girling Jones Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy