Operational Buyer (Site)

GKN Aerospace; Papendrecht; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8% holiday allowance

40 paid holidays (full-time)

Pension PME

Travel allowance

Career progression opportunities

Informal working environment

Job summary

GKN Aerospace Papendrecht in the Netherlands is seeking a procurement professional to manage order processing, in-contract scheduling and supplier delivery performance aligned with MPS and business requirements. You will drive on-time deliveries, maintain supplier data in the MRP system, and support cross-functional teams to minimize shortages and optimize inventory.

You will collaborate with internal stakeholders to review supplier performance, ensure adherence to procurement processes, and

Qualifications

• MBO+ or HBO educational level with 2+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management / Procurement roles.
• MS Office literacy, especially in Excel.
• MRP experience is preferred.
• Ability to build relationships within a known supplier network and strong commercial insight.
• You demonstrate analytical thinking, decisiveness, customer focus, environmental awareness, and organizational sensitivity.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Proactive attitude in managing your order book.

Responsibilities

• Ensure on-time delivery in line with operational performance requirements from international suppliers.
• Schedule Suppliers in line with MPS and data accuracy within the MRP system to minimize shortages and reduce excess inventory.
• Maintain daily supplier promise dates to keep schedules accurate.
• Manage suppliers to deliver against committed orders, identify risks, constraints and bottlenecks, and escalate when required.
• Own supplier relationship and daily interface to drive performance improvements.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders for daily multi-functional reviews with key suppliers.
• Adhere to standard procurement processes.
• Oversee supplier scorecard to communicate performance across supplier organisations.
• Support quality on supplier non-conformance and processing of returns and claims so production is not affected.
• Ensure prompt supplier payment by resolving invoice queries.
• Assist Procurement Management and Senior buyers on supplier performance.

Skills

Excel

MS Office literacy

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Order management

Procurement knowledge

Education

MBO+ or HBO education

Tools

MRP system

Job description

Job Summary

Responsible for order processing of in-contract scheduling and management of supplier delivery performance in line with MPS and business requirements. Deliver against supplier and business performance objectives focused on procured parts delivery.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring on-time delivery in line with operational performance requirements from international suppliers.
• Scheduling Suppliers in line with MPS and the accuracy of supplier and procured parts data within the MRP system to ensure that demand signals minimise shortages and eliminate unwanted inventory.
• Hanling daily maintenance of supplier promise dates to ensure that the most up-to-date and accurate information is held within the supplier schedules.
• Management of suppliers to ensure that they can deliver against committed orders, against Fokker forecast, identification of supply risk, constraints and bottleneck, escalating where requiredMaintain external capacity reviews in line with MPS.
• Responsible for ongoing supplier performance improvement and for the supplier relationship and daily interface.
• Responsible for ensuring multi-functional team reviews are taking place with key suppliers via daily communication with internal stakeholders; for example, production scheduling and the logistics department.
• Responsible for adherence to standard procurement processes.
• Ownership of the supplier scorecard process to ensure that supplier performance is communicated to all levels of the supplier organization and is regularly reviewed as part of multi-functional team reviews.
• Support quality department on supplier non-conformance and processing of supplier returns and claims, ensuring that non-conformities do not impact production.
• Ensure prompt supplier payment by clearing any invoice queries.
• Support Procurement Management and Senior buyers on supplier performance.

Job Qualifications

• MBO+ or HBO educational level with 2+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management / Procurement roles.
• MS Office literacy, especially in Excel.
• MRP experience is preferred.
• Ability to build relationships within a known supplier network and strong commercial insight.
• You demonstrate analytical thinking, decisiveness, customer focus, environmental awareness, and organizational sensitivity.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Proactive attitude in managing your order book.

Benefits

• A gross monthly salary based on the CLA Metalektro Grade J and in line with your experience and qualifications.
• 8% holiday allowance.
• 40 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (27 holidays and 13 ADV days).
• An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance.
• A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers.
• An opportunity for career progression through learning and development opportunities.