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PROGRAMME SOURCING MANAGER

Employment Type Permanent
Location West Midlands , West Midlands
Industry Sector Aerospace
Start Date ASAP
Salary/Rate £45000.00 - £53000.00 per annum + pension, healthc
Reference DG000469
Date Advertised 07-08-2008 - 00:01

This vacancy is out of date and no longer accepting applications.

Description

My client, the UK arm of an international corporation supplying systems and services to the aerospace, defence and homeland security markets, are seeking a Programme Sourcing Manager to work from their West Midlands facility.

My client, the UK arm of an international corporation supplying systems and services to the aerospace,defence and homeland security markets, are seeking a Programme Sourcing Manager to work from their West Midlands facility.

The Programme Sourcing Manager will manage supplier input to programmes, ensuring that leverage is applied to achieve programme targets and maximise competitive business advantage through the life of a product. They will co-ordinate activities across sites, project teams and commodity teams ensuring that the role will provide a single point of accountability for sourcing performance in relation to programmes and will also deliver the business case targets.

Candidates should be educated to degree level or equivalent and be able to demonstrate an excellent knowledge of the aerospace industry. Key experience will include New Product Introduction and either Programmes and/or Operations experience. They should naturally demonstrate good interpersonal skills and be able to apply these within an engineering design and manufacturing environment.

In addition to a competitive salary, the successful applicant will receive a flexible benefits package that will include an excellent pension scheme, medical and dental care and an annual bonus likely to be around 8%.