Sourcing Specialist

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Sourcing specialist

Location - Rugby

Negotiable rates of up to £35 p/h

6 month initial contract

My client is looking for a Sourcing specialist to join their team in Rugby. The successful candidate will have experience in Commodity Management, Sourcing/Purchasing and Expediting as well as such skills as Supplier Management, Purchasing Systems and Strong PC/Excel skills.

Role Summary/Purpose:

An exciting role working in a small team based on a military contract. Requiring a blend of skills based in the Sourcing organisation. Sourcing Specialist is responsible for defined commodity strategy, supplier / project management & expediting of their commodity parts.

In this role you will use your experience and expertise to develop a commodity strategy for a specific commodity and/or sub-commodities while driving commercial advantage through achievement in cost, quality and time. Solve problems, managing your suppliers to deliver against program objectives and contractual requirements. Developing and execute new supplier / commodity strategies to effect short-term and some long-term business goals.

The objective is to meet existing program milestones as well as concurrently develop new suppliers for commodities moving forward.

Essential Responsibilities (no particular order):

Expediting:

* Collects documentation relevant to equipment to be expedited as per project and sourcing requirements as well as GE instructions

* Organises briefing with Sourcing Manager /Project team on status and next steps

* Confirms intervention with supplier (date & time, location, contact).

* Performs Expediting intervention as per requirements

* Review Action Log and confirm status / challenge suppliers to improve on their current position.

* Verifies compliance with agreed baseline schedules including special project needs.

* Identifies and report delays (if any) together with mitigation plan proposed by the supplier.

* Collects information from supplier about next intervention date

* Escalate issues internally within sourcing and project team as well as within the supplier whenever is needed

* Review next steps

* Support witness's inspections and customer meetings when requested.

Commodity Management:

* Ensure lowest possible cost for goods/services, balanced against optimum quality and schedule needs while executing against set strategies.

* Develop and execute long term, commodity strategies for a moderate group of strategic suppliers, with varying complexity and/or annual volume

* Lead sourcing execution for assigned commodity(s) or suppliers, including full accountability for buy and meeting deflation targets.

* Interface with and assist Global Commodities team and Global Ops Sourcing to support global commodity strategy implementation

* Assist in identifying and driving new sources of supply and qualifying new suppliers in conjunction with Global Commodities team

* Drive consolidation of the supply base for assigned commodities and negotiate agreements with the suppliers

* Drive improvements in sourcing processes including escalations due to delivery/quality issues, invoicing/payables issues and database management through digitisation and simplification

* Evaluate current and anticipated requirements, determine potential sources. Partner with key business stakeholders to ensure sourced goods and services meet the needs of the business

* Solicit and evaluate proposals employing appropriate negotiation, cost and price analysis techniques

* Perform market analysis and monitor supplier progress. Monitor supplier quality and delivery performance and develop improvement strategies to ensure business needs are met.

Programme Management:

* Similar to the expediting element but focused on the key commodities assigned and specific issue to meet programme KPI's.

* Management of costs, project change and overall effects onto the project.

* Working with all functions to deliver the project, drive whatever necessary to ensure full project deliverables.

Desired Skills

* Security clearance is a requirement (SC)- support will be given if required

* Clean Driving Licence

* Demonstrated sourcing and/or purchasing experience or transferable skills including negotiation, identifying opportunities, selecting suppliers and implementing contracts to achieve timely execution.

* Knowledge of managing commodities - fabrications, machining, assembly, welding work.

* Supplier management / progress against plans / working with supplier to deliver against plan.

* Expediting / supplier relationship management

* Project Management

* Strong PC and Microsoft Excel skills

* Six Sigma, Green Belt or Black Belt certification

* Purchasing system experience is preferred

In the first instance please send your CV's for consideration.