Supply Chain Delivery Buyer

The South Molton plant is based in Devon, UK and has over 400 employees. The plant commenced production in 1973 and in 1975 an investment casting foundry opened on the site. The Foundry is the only one of its kind across Eaton’s Aerospace plants. Today the plant’s core focus is the design, manufacture and test of Components primarily for the aerospace sector.The site’s main customer is the Eaton facility at Titchfield, Hampshire, UK and the external customers to the site include Airbus, Boeing, Embraer and Augusta Westland.The position manages the assigned indirect material supply base for South Molton to ensure uninterrupted supply at optimum cost, quality, and service for each site. Maintains an essential balance between supplier quality, delivery expectations, and cost reduction metrics for all indirect material purchases. Champion the assigned supply chain driven metrics and tracking.Identifies opportunities and ensures compliance to existing corporate indirect material supply contracts for the site, increases supply chain managed spend, cost reductions, and category leverage.Manages and maintains all assigned current supplier contacts, business relationships and commercial responsibilities for the site.Develops and helps facilitate cost out projects and commodity strategic actions, while assisting the corporate indirect material commodity teams implement projects for the site.Facilitates supplier questions on accounts payables and supports any necessary activity for disposition of invoice resolutions and/or payment issues.Develop applicable skills in processes, and gain experience in analyzing and interpreting total cost management drivers when developing cost outsourcing strategiesQualifications:2+ years’ experience working within a supply chain or material management function, desirably within Aerospace. Skills:Possesses expert knowledge and experience in successfully developing commodity strategies, deploying sourcing initiatives, and project managing cost-out and supplier improvement programs.Enterprise reporting systems and data mining.Skilled in Microsoft office applications, heavily influenced on excel.Knowledgeable of commercial terms, practices, contract terms and conditions in the corporate setting. A company culture committed to Inclusion & Diversity and Sustainability.Ongoing learning and global career development opportunities, including internal mobility.LI-FB1All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.Megan JohnsonFunction:Supply Chain ManagementWork Type:OnsiteCareer Category:ProfessionalJob ID:68534Referral Program:Supply Chain Management