Senior Project Buyer (Engineering)

SVC Technical; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Chelmsford is seeking a Senior Project Buyer to lead procurement activities within a small team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in technical procurement, especially in complex electronics, and strong skills in contract negotiation and supplier management. A British citizenship and ability to pass security clearance are required. This role offers opportunities for global travel and collaboration with dynamic teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in complex electronics or vacuum technology.
• Demonstrable experience in low volume, high value projects.
• Knowledge of supply chain principles and engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver procurement activities with project teams.
• Manage supplier performance and quality.
• Establish relationships with suppliers and internal teams.

Skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Contract negotiation

Technical procurement

Supplier quality management

Project procurement

Data management

Tools

SAP ERP/MRP

MS Office

Job description

Overview

Senior Project Buyer (Engineering). Working within a small team of 3, the Senior Project Buyer will lead procurement activities, procuring cutting edge technologies. The role sits within a dynamic delivery team who collaborate to overcome complex technical and commercial challenges in pursuit of delivering world class products. Ensuring that procurement is evaluated, efficient, cost effective and aligned to operational need. Ideal candidate will have technical procurement experience, commodities and category purchasing.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct procurement activities in collaboration with Technical Programmes, Projects and Production Teams.
• Utilise as appropriate subcontracts, supply contracts, quantity contracts and purchase orders to align supplier deliverables with projects.
• Maintain the company's business system to ensure tactical communication & control of supplier deliverables, i.e P2P and S2P systems.
• Control and deliver the sourcing strategy for a selected group of technical materials/commodities ensuring near and forward operational alignment
• Actively manage supplier portfolio inclusive of Identifying, benchmarking and selecting new suppliers to deliver your sourcing strategy.
• Optimise the supplier base to leverage optimal cost/supply
• Deploy appropriate evaluation techniques to ensure that components are designed to optimise their manufacturing ease through out the entire Supply Chain
• Establish collaborative relationships that deliver an effective and efficient service to internal/external customers and suppliers.
• Facilitate resolution to supplier quality, serviceability, and performance related issues quickly to avoid repetition of issues.
• Utilise Relationships, Market Intelligence and Value Engineering actions to achieve a competitive differentiator.
• Manage supplier performance and quality using appropriate KPI's and development plans.

Desired Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Ability to positively collaborate with stakeholders in ambiguous, complex programme management environments.
• Demonstrable experience of evolving, negotiating and agreeing contractual requirements and collaboration frameworks between internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• To be considered for this role you will need to have knowledge and experience in one of the following fields:- complex electronics, vacuum technology and metal components, communication systems CMOS & CCD sensors, wafer processing.
• Demonstrable experience of working within a demanding, low volume, highly complex, high value project environment. Ideally within Electronics Industry, Automotive, Manufacturing or similar.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP ERP/MRP (or similar) would be highly advantageous.
• A good understanding of technical/clean room manufacturing environment would be advantageous.
• Demonstrable knowledge of project procurement and production methods.
• Knowledge of wider supply chain, materials management, demand forecasting and engineering change management principles: inclusive of an ability to understand engineering drawings.
• Strong excel / data management skills.
• Knowledge of value engineering and cost down methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of supplier quality management techniques.
• MS Office proficient - Word, Excel, Access, Project, Visio, PowerPoint.
• Global travel may be required (10% of time)
• Ability to read technical drawings advantageous
• You must be a British Citizen and UK passport holder and able to pass security clearance