Buyer

Buyer – Aviation

£35,000

Mon – Fri, 0800 hours to 1630 hours

Permanent

Southend

Role Overview:

The role will be responsible for supervising the Purchasing department and administering and managing key Suppliers. The focus of this role is on SRM and managing Supply Chain to ensure compliance and the business secures Value for Money.

Accountability:

• Ownership; take responsibility for your actions and their results, both positive and negative.

• Transparency: ensure the commerciality of the business is transparent to suppliers and stakeholders alike.

• Integrity: be honest with stakeholder and about strengths and weakness, proactivity seeks feedback and that for others within your remit.

• Problem solving; be proactive in identifying challenges and finding solutions rather than waiting for solutions to be presented.

• Team player: ensure you work well with others and activity promote collaboration with other stakeholders.

• Communicate effectively; maintain open and honest communications to ensure everyone understand the expectations and provide constructive feedback.

• Culture safe environment: create workplace where mistakes and viewed as learning opportunities; ensure team members feel supported and not micromanaged.

Responsibilities:

• Purchasing a wide range of aircraft parts and materials in-line with operational procedures.

• The timely placement/fulfilment of purchase orders (PR-POs) and delivery of parts in-line with operational requirements (MR).

• Resolving and investigating Supply Chain errors and examining via root cause analysis.

• Ensuring the highest level of service is provided and maintained for both internal and external Suppliers.

• Ensuring parts and materials are purchased at the most competitive price.

• Assist in developing and implementing policies and procedures for materials purchasing and ensuring these are understood.

• To carry out a comprehensive review of the Purchasing function and its methodology and identify and suggest operational improvements for approval by the Line Manager.

• Identify new sources including discount structures and volume rebates and maintain Price Lists (MPLs).

• Responsible for monitoring, on a daily basis, or from time-time; shipments arriving from outside the UK, on a monthly basis the MSS data reports and for ensuring a system is in place to address any queries raised by HMRC Customs and Excise.

• Ensuring that information which is incorrect is rectified within 2 months as directed by HMRC Customs and Excise.

• Creating quarterly Inward Processing Reports (IPR) for HMRC Customs and Excise including additional information if required.

• Ensuring the correct incoming information and export licenced is used prior to controlled exports (Military) being shipped and providing an annually report.

• Ensure stock/inventory is carried out and yearly stock takes reports meet business requirements.

• Control RTP (Return to Parts) Material to demand, manage donors units and service exchanges through the WIP cycle.

• Control of consignment stock both on site and consignment’s out at consignee’s premises.

• Attend and promote the company at key events, i.e., trade shows and quarterly business (QBRs) reviews with key Suppliers to ensure adherence to SRM process.

• Work with suppliers and internal departments providing daily continuity, feedback, and updates on open repairs.

• Administer business workflow through WMS system to completion to ensure these Supplier driven targets are achieved (MR-PR 5-days, 3-day for PR-PO for SLA).

• Administer and source from third-party provided marketplace such as ILS and Parts145 for approval.

• Effectively manage Supplier complaints. Help troubleshoot and manage Suppliers’ expectations.

• Provide feedback to the Supplier on non-compliant orders, relay technical information between the various stakeholders.

• Build and nurture Supplier Relationships, contact top-ten Suppliers monthly (MBR) as a minimum to drive Supplier satisfaction and growth through SRM.

• Gather market intelligence information from Suppliers on pricing, performance, and possible opportunities to improve and grow the business.

• Understand and feed into the commercial team Supplier intel on new opportunities and service requirements.

• Perform any other duties within your capabilities as directed by the Company and that of its leadership.

• Actively work towards Continual Improvement (CI) goals (ensure opportunities are logged with QMS), look for efficiency/system improvements monitor team compliance and promote/build training tools to support internal development.

• Work with the Business Development Manager and support new Supplier enquiries.

Qualifications:

• A high level of Supplier Relationship Management services experience with focus of delivering value.

• Conscientious, confident and computer literate.

• Well organised and articulate.

• Excellent attention to detail skills.

• A good working knowledge of Industry, Databases and appropriate software packages which are used across the company.

Experience:

• Data analysis; analyse Supplier data, determine integrity and trends and generate insights to inform decisions for the relevant stakeholders.

• Technical proficiency; expertise in using ERP/WMS/CRM platforms, Suppliers or otherwise, develop tools to automations and efficiency.

• Campaign management; drive commercial initiatives from start-end, work with other stakeholders to foster support to drive Supplier engagement and, thus yielding positive Supplier experience.

• Cross-functional collaboration; work well with other stakeholders, ensure a collaborative culture is supported and ensure the business objectives are flown down to all levels.

• Optimisation and Improvement; identity, implement methods of improving performance, strategy and streamline operation for efficiency and yield shareholder value.

Please can all interested candidates, please email your CV to josh@copello.co.uk or to discuss in more detail call me on 0 7435 806 852