PROCUREMENT NPI BUYER
| Employment Type | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Location | Essex , Essex |
| Industry Sector | Electronics |
| Start Date | asap |
| Salary/Rate | £25000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + pension |
| Reference | DB/W/000748 |
| Date Advertised | 27-10-2008 - 00:01 |
This vacancy is out of date and no longer accepting applications.
Description
Our client is a $24-billion diversified technology and manufacturing global leader. They have more than 120,000 employees in 95 countries around the world.
THE CLIENT
Our client is a $24-billion diversified technology and manufacturing global leader. They have more than 120,000 employees in 95 countries around the world.
They specialise in controls for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning; security systems, fire alarm systems, and energy management systems for all indoor environments. From home thermostats, plugs and switches to large commercial building management systems, services, and controls.
THE JOB
PROCUREMENT NPI BUYER
Our client is now looking for a Procurement NPI Buyer (New Product Introduction) based at their Essex site. The key responsibilities of this role are to manage new product implementation for a variety of products in the following categories; Wiring devices / Chimes / Circuit Protection.
Additional responsibilities cover benchmarking activities on Factored Supplier Tier 2 sourcing, identifying market trends, supply trends and using the client's databases to provide cost and part information to influence the design of a product.
The Procurement NPI Buyer will work as part of a global team reporting to the Factored Sourcing Leader.
OBJECTIVES
"Provide dedicated management of NPI projects,
"Align with Category Managers on supplier selection
"Benchmarking activities covering categories/ sites/ products/ suppliers,
"Conduct analysis on supplier selection and make v buy,
"Identify new speculative products,
"Support the factored sourcing team
"Supplier negotiations in alignment with Category managers
"Product and market analysis
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
The role demands a candidate who can work under their own initiative and at the same time contribute to a global team. The Candidate must be able to demonstrate exceeding KPI's in their existing company.
Communication skills will be a key competence, to ensure full stakeholder engagement and the ability to work with people of all levels and different cultures.
10% overseas travel required.
"Graduate Required
"Experience in purchasing function / engineering
"SAP R3 knowledge would be an advantage
"IT Literate with advanced Microsoft Office skills
REMUNERATION
Salary negotiable (depending on skills and experience), 25 days holiday plus stats and company pension.
