Procurement Analyst/Buyer: (Hybrid working, Southport based)

£35,000 - £40,000

Role: Procurement Analyst/Buyer

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000

Location: Southport (Occasional travel to Crewe, once every two weeks)

I am currently working with an exciting client of mine within the Engineering/Manufacturing and logistics industry looking to add firepower to their Procurement team through a Procurement Analyst who will be taking part in some Buying activities too.

The Business are leaders within their sector/industry and have a well-recognised/respected brand in the market for delivering a first-class service on time.

The individual will have previous Analyst experience and potentially Procurement/Purchasing experience previously, but the Procurement side is not essential. The role will see you maintain master data for suppliers, managing invoice queries, develop clarity on forecasted sales/pipeline, bid processes and new projects and help cross functionally across all teams with duplicate data or solving route cause problems.

Role:

• To undertake activities with MPL & Commercial to develop clarity on forecast sales pipeline & SIOP process; to develop agreed future scope of work and materials requirements.

• Work on companies P2P System to log and track relevant data and information to positively impact next steps/processes within the Procurement team.
• Commercial support to the Procurement Manager; conducting supplier & product research, managing projects & data whilst providing analytical expertise across all indirect spend categories.

• To proactively manage/maintain accurate master data for Suppliers/parts covering all Sourcing Rules, Supplier Audit & approval database and key Contract/SLA T&C's.
• To liaise with the appropriate manufacturing engineering teams for the analysis and clean-up/consolidation of duplicate part numbers & part specifications at Crewe & Southport. To consolidate/align Crewe and Southport part numbers.
• Bid process & New Projects/NPI program management - SPOC for formal Bid investigations & input and New Projects/NPI requirements. To facilitate distribution into Procurement and to ensure a full & timely response to the appropriate stakeholder.

• This is a critical role that will contribute to the success of this start-up function providing a detailed layer of spend & data analysis & sourcing plans in turn managing savings performance data and maintaining an accurate contracts database.
• Analyse Suppliers portfolio's risk and spend to make changes appropriate moving forward.

• To manage the update of Procurement KPI's and to undertake initial analysis of the output data / reports; to evaluate performance levels & trends and to initiate root cause analysis for areas of declining performance/missed targets for presentation & distribution to the Procurement team, procurement & operational comm cells.
• You will also be asked to undertake supplier selection & quote/Pricing activities for part & service requirements identified for MRP requisition parts without sourcing rules or a long term contract in place or via manual generated requisitions. To set up the full Sourcing Rules for each requirement to facilitate MPL materials management PO activities.

About you:

• Previous experience within a similar Analyst/Procurement role.
• Advanced knowledge ERP software tools.
• Excellent analytical skills combined with communication skills to be able to present to Senior Stakeholders and Board members.
• Excellent Excel skills (V-Look Up's, Pivot Tables, Macro's) with the ability to present data and complete projects and assignments to tight deadlines.
• Works well as part of a team both individually and cross functionally.

If you think you are right for this role, apply and I will be in touch as soon as possible.