Procurement and Supply Chain Specialist

Operational Buyer (Site)

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.Responsible for supplier order processing

• Management of supplier delivery performance in line with MPS and business requirements
• Deliver against supplier and business performance objectives focused on procured parts delivery

Responsible for ensuring on-time delivery in line with operational performance requirements from (international) suppliers

• Responsible for supplier scheduling in line with MPS and the accuracy of supplier and procured parts data within the MRP system to ensure that demand signals minimise shortages and eliminate unwanted inventory
• Responsible for the daily maintenance of supplier promise dates to ensure that the most up-to-date and accurate information is held within the supplier schedules
• Management of suppliers to ensure that they can deliver against committed orders, against Fokker forecast, identification of supply risk, constraints and bottleneck, escalating where required
• Responsible for ongoing supplier performance improvement
• Responsible for the supplier relationship and daily interface
• Responsible for ensuring multi-functional team reviews are taking place with key suppliers
• for example, production scheduling and the logistics department
• Responsible for adherence to standard procurement processes
• Ownership of the supplier scorecard process to ensure that supplier performance is communicated to all levels of the supplier organization and is regularly reviewed as part of multi-functional team reviews
• Support quality department on supplier non-conformance and processing of supplier returns and claims, ensuring that non-conformities do not impact production
• Ensure prompt supplier payment by clearing any invoice queries
• Support Procurement Management and Senior buyers on supplier performance management

MBO+ or HBO educational level with 2+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management / Procurement roles

• MS Office literacy, especially in Excel
• Ability to build relationships within a known supplier network and strong commercial insight.
• You demonstrate analytical thinking, decisiveness, customer focus, environmental awareness, and organizational sensitivity
• Professional proficiency in English
• We want to offer you a career that can go to many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. 8% holiday allowance,
• 40 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (27holidays and 13 ADV days),
• An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance,
• A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers.

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