Purchasing Engineer

Purchasing Engineer

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Purchasing Engineer to join a well-established and innovative manufacturing business in Thame!

Job Purpose

To Manage and Coordinate Purchase Functions at Site level in coordination with Global Procurement Guidelines and Objectives

• Develop and implement key procurement strategies, contingency plans and ensure that plans are aligned with business requirements.
• Develop long-term partnerships with suppliers. Monitor supplier performance to ensure meeting of service, cost, delivery and quality norms.
• Supplier relationship management to ensure mutually beneficial and stable business relationships are maintained.

Job Context

• This role supports UK-based operations while working closely with international teams and global subsidiaries.
• Based in Thame, the position may require occasional travel to supplier sites across the UK and internationally.
• Responsible for achieving agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set by management.
• Operates as an integral member of the operational team, contributing to day-to-day procurement activities.
• Undertakes additional duties as required to maintain and enhance procurement processes and supplier relationship management.
• Provides support to cross-functional projects beyond procurement, including continuous improvement initiatives, sustainability programmes, and new product introduction.
• This is primarily an office-based role (Monday to Thursday), with home working available on Fridays.

Job Dimensions

• Outsourcing and Component Development for parts and new products introduced.
• Vendor Base Management
• Statutory Documentation
• Master data maintenance in D365 related to Procurement function
• Compliance with GPP
• Non-Inventory ( Indirect) procurement support

Key Accountabilities

These will include:

• Interfacing with cross functional departments for ascertaining procurement plans. Ensuring maximum cost savings. Co-ordination with Design, R&D, QA and Suppliers. Closely work with Global Purchase Team for Alternate Sourcing, support and participation towards all actions to ensure diversified supplier base
• New parts /Vendor development to help with new product introduction
• Negotiation and price finalization with suppliers for best possible prices and terms. Performing cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
• Drive & Implement Cost Reduction Projects/Monitor the progress and reporting it to business. Management Reporting on KPIs, Commodity Movement, Operations Reports, Purchase Volume and Corresponding Savings, BOS.
• Monitoring KPIs, performance of team members to ensure efficiency in operations and meeting of individual & group targets. Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters the development opportunities and motivates the high performance amongst the team members.
• Lead and Ensure Implementation of GPP and Compliance
• Monitor and control on D365 records that includes vendor registrations, VTA , Standard costs, Price Approvals as per DOA, Non-Inventory PO approvals and routine PR- PO management
• Monitoring, Review and Control of Non-Inventory Purchase/AMCs and related procurements, Price Negotiations, Contracting and Approvals as per GPP
• Review/Monitor - ECN Management
• Mod Meetings – Participation
• Review/Monitor - Price Variances
• Monitoring COPQ
• Scrap Rates Negotiations and Controls
• Regular Review and Control on Tooling Records, Approvals for Tool Agreement, Ensuring the Tool Payment and Tool Asset register
• Annual budgeting exercise by providing cost details and inputs on trends of material cost for the forthcoming year

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Degree in Engineering, Professional Certification in Procurement and Supply chain or equivalent
• Understanding of the principles of Materials management
• Working Knowledge of MRP set ups
• Numeracy skills to interpret statistics and make commercial decisions
• Experience in a manufacturing environment

Advance Computer skills - specifically in Microsoft Office & AX Dynamics D365

Behavioural Competencies

• High level of communication skills, people management.
• Strong leadership skills with an ability to drive team's performance.
• Planning and Organizational skills
• Proactive and positive (Can do) approach, innovative and customer focused.