Buyer

Job Description

Job Title: Buyer (ProductionElectronic Components)Location: DroitwichSalary: Up to 40,000 DOEOur client are a leading manufacturing company within their sector and are seeking ambitious and forward thinking people to join the team.MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:This role is responsible for developing and implementing the commodity strategy for Purchased Electronic components in line with the Business strategies, achieving cost reduction activity without compromising quality, ensuring a sustainable supply chainand ability to adjust agile automotive environment by anticipation/proactively control of the Procurement function. Proactively assess/monitor and identify theKEY TASKS:

• Develop the commodity strategy in line with Departmental/ Business strategies and company
• policies.
• Implement the strategy and monitor the progress to ensure achieving cost down targets are achieved.
• Meet the time-bound target for New projectscoordinate to work efficiently and effectively with internal
• colleagues and suppliers.
• Develop and issue RFQ and evaluate open book quotations by making detailed comparisons between
• suppliers.
• Identify the areas of non-compliance between submitted quotations and drawings/specifications
• Review the drawings to closely monitor any design changes and ensure that suppliers are fully aware of
• these changes in time and log/record all cost implications where applicable.
• Manage the project/your area of responsibility in line with industrial/customer/ new project
• processes including PPAP, delivery of trial parts, packing approval, ramp-up stock levels and hand-over.
• Negotiate with internal customers and/or suppliers in terms of contractual agreement or QCD agreement
• to secure the better deal to create positive impact profitability
• Maintain the regular contact with current/potential suppliers to develop/maintain commercially
• competitive business partnershipwhich includes visiting the supplier site for auditing of
• processes/commercial review.
• Monitor and assess any commercial risks in relation to existing suppliers and sub-suppliers.
• Communicate the progress of projects/tasks with team weekly basis and identify & assess the commercial
• supply risk with possible solution/countermeasure.
• Work with the supplier systems, ensuring that the relevant KPI measures are in place and regularly
• reviewed on all suppliers within your area of responsibility.
• Work closely with others within the department, making a positive contribution to good team working
• and idea generation.
• To maintain and further develop departmental procedures and work instructions to ensure compliance
• with IATF16949. Support to ensure company adherence to legislation / compliance and specific customer
• request.
• Electronics Buyer

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• Fully or partially qualified with CIPS (or studying towards CIPS)Business or Engineering degree is
• advantageous.
• Minimum hands-on experience in Production/Manufacturing environment for 5 years. Automotive
• industry and/or other highly technical industry which involves technical drawings or data is desirable.
• Experience to work in a fast paced / dynamic environment.
• Hands-on negotiation skill for better terms for commercial benefits.
• Hands-on supplier audit & quotation analysis skill
• Hands-on experience in supplier site audit in high volume production is advantageous.

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working within a Tier 1 Automotive environment.
• Knowledge and/or experience in IATF16949, ISO9001, ISO 14001 & ISO26262 is advantageous.
• Knowledge of REACH/IMDS/PPAP is advantageous.

For more information please feel free to contact Grady Izatt via email or callOmega Resource Group is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.