Procurement Manager

Are you passionate about all thing's procurement?

Do you have a background in manufacturing?

Acorn by Synergie have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Procurement Manager to join a global market leading Aerospace and defense manufacturer in the heart of North Devon.

General scope of the role:

As the site Procurement Manager, you will manage the supplier demand planning and delivery of all direct materials and services. You will be responsible for overall supplier on time delivery, parts quality and cost requirements. This role will also work with commodity management to develop, deploy and execute the commodity/supply strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supplier delivery on time, inventory levels through the supply chain while supporting quality and cost
• Establish Supplier capacity planning model including constraint management in collaboration with the SIOP team
• Responsible for cost out and delivery project initiation and timelines
• Responsible for the Management of ECN and MPS changes which affect the direct material in the supply chain, while working closely with Commodity Managers, Engineering, Operations, Supplier Quality and Supplier Development teams
• Implement and execute projects related to the commodity strategy to support divisional cost, quality, delivery, supplier reduction, and sourcing goals
• Work closely with Supplier Quality and Supplier Delivery team
• Manage supplier compliance and communications associated with Eaton Corporate initiatives (Ethics compliance, EHS requirements, etc.)
• Ensures appropriate performance measure (Quality, Cost and Delivery) of supply base and feedback of results
• Ensure that all Health & Safety standards and requirements are met, and a safe working environment is promoted within the site
  

Experience and Skills:

• Previous experience in a procurement role ideally in a manufacturing environment
• Full knowledge and understanding of materials planning systems (MRP/ERP) requirements and order generation process logic (for example MFGPro)
• Thorough understanding of SCM operational concepts surrounding production planning, scheduling, purchasing, and inventory control
• Solid negotiation skills
• Demonstrated project leadership success
• Results and detailed oriented
  

Benefits:

• Private Healthcare
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, option to buy more or sell away your annual leave.
• Generous Employer Pension contribution (up to 8%)
• Flexible benefits scheme to include dental cover, childcare vouchers, life assurance, cycle to work and much more.
• Opportunity for career progression.
• Top notch facilities with a positive office culture
• Discretionary company bonus based on performance.

If you are interested in this role, please either apply below or for more information please contact (url removed) or call the Barnstaple office on (phone number removed).

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