SENIOR BUYER AUTOMOTIVE OEM

Senior Buyer

Location: Gaydon - Midlands

Hourly rate: £22.38Ph ltd Co Basis

Job description:

Order Number: 24797

Competency Group: Professional

Position Title: Senior Buyer
Division: Engineering to Order

Location: 18 - LandRover - Gaydon(LRGAYD)

Position Description: Commodity buyer responsible for:- Sourcing new product in line with cycle plan Controlling expenditure related to design, testing, goods and services Cost improvement negotiations Benchmarking of existing products Managing relationship with suppliers on and off site Development & implementation of commodity strategy

Skills Required: Strong negotiation skills Experience of end-to-end sourcing Excellent communication skills - written and verbal, PC literate Ability to manage and deliver projects on time and in budget Ability to work in a changing and challenging environment Self-motivated, enthusiastic, pro active with ability to work with minimal supervision Full driving license

Skills Preferred: Flexible with respect to travel

Experience Required: Proven experience as a buyer (2 years min). Demonstrate an ability to influence decisions You will have an excellent track record of successful negotiation and an understanding of different sourcing techniques Experience Preferred: Knowledge of manufacturing processes

Education Required: Degree level of education or CIPS qualification is desirable but not mandatory

Additional Information: 40 hours a week and 3:30pm finish on a Friday

I apologise if this vacancy is not suitable and would like to thank you for your time in this matter. However, if you do have a friend or colleague that you can refer we do pay a referral fee. Please advise of their contact details if this is the case.

In the event that we arrange an interview for you we would be grateful if you would kindly refrain from engaging in negotiations directly with our client in regard to your hourly rate. We have discussed the rate for this position with you directly and confirmed it via email. We thank you for your co-operation in this matter.  

PROJECT ENGINEER - MANAGER (LCV-Automotive)

Position Title: Agency Grade G Project Engineer

Original Duration: 9 Months Estimated Regular Hours: 37.5 Estimated 

Division: Product Development

Location: 18 - Dunton (DUNTON)

Position Description: Project Management Analyst - To project manage a product development team through the development of a new vehicle content on a complex commercial vehicle. This role gives an ideal opportunity to further develop your project management skills working in an exciting cross cultural and cross functional environment. Skills Required: Primary Skills Required: The key requirements to fill the role are that the candidate has project management skills, preferably in the automotive sector. The candidate should also demonstrate good leadership and communication skills to lead a group (drawn from diverse areas such as Engineering, Design, Purchase, Manufacturing, Finance and Marketing) through complex issues to deliver an optimum solution. The candidate should possess the capability to handle wide ranging assignments from senior management presentations to detailed analysis. Skills Preferred: - Experience Required: Preferred:

Experience Required: The candidate should be able to demonstrate a good record of delivery of complex tasks/projects in a technical environment. The candidate should also be able to demonstrate a high level of business acumen and development of project/program business cases/proposals. Experience of developing timing plans with program milestones / gateways and with managing the associated deliverables.

Experience Preferred: Experience of working in a cross cultural environment would be preferable.

Education Required: Computer skills - Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project

Education Preferred: A degree with a 2:1 classification or above is preferred                               Additional Information : potential travel to other European / long haul destinations.

NOTE: The manager is still actively looking to fill 3 positions. 

Quality Manager Coventry

Quality Manager -EMEA & APAC 24513

Based: Coventry/Birmingham

Sector: Warehouse technology and provision

Salary: £30 - £33k depending on experience with company car

Status: Full time engagement. Home based

Benefits: Set out below

Target start: As soon as possible

This UK based operation is part of a global group with warehouses in 22 countries servicing another 50 countries worldwide offering Chemical Management, Product Distribution, Supply Chain Management, and Hazardous Communications.

Customers that require materials with unique specifications and storage needs, such as aerospace chemicals and electronics, receive solutions to meet their needs even exceeding industry standards. The company is known for providing award winning value gained through logistics and integrated purchasing and servicing solutions, resulting in reduced labour costs, waste, and risk. With quality assurance approval endorsements from over 40 aerospace companies, such as Airbus, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin, the company is internationally recognized for creating sustainable value.

The main duties of the Quality Manager will include - Continuous evaluation of the Quality Management System. - Ensuring that the appropriate Standards are held and maintained at the current revision status - Carrying out internal and third party audits as required occupying some 75% of time available - The centralised control & review of all training records - Implementation of corrective and preventative measures - control of the Approved Suppliers List - Preparation of On Time Delivery Metrics – Continuous Improvement and Lean events.

The abilities and experience of applicants should include a flexible approach to all aspects within the working environment whilst maintaining standards and requirements at all times coupled with the ability to manage a Quality team.

As to location and travel this is a home working post for applicants based in the Coventry/Birmingham area. A laptop computer, docking station, printer and mobile phone will be provided along with a company car. This position will include regular travel throughout Europe, Asia and Australia aided by a company credit card.

The working week is 35 hours- Monday to Friday - between the hours of 8.30 AM and 6 PM with a one hour lunch break. 20 days annual leave, with an addition 1 day each January, to a maximum of 25 days. 8 bank holidays paid on top of this. Standard company car and fuel reimbursement provided. Contributory pension scheme - 3% employer and 3% employee - can be joined after 3 months service. Sickness scheme with benefit increases with service. Life assurance up to 4 times annual salary from start date. Non contractual benefits such as Cycle to Work scheme

MAINTENANCE ENGINEER - TATA STEEL - North Lincolnshire - UK

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Job Title:           Maintenance Engineer – Civil Engineering and Building Services

Business:           Long Products UK

Department:      Energy Operations & Infrastructure

Location:           Scunthorpe

Salary Band:     Band D/E (£23,517 - £54,235) + Extensive Benefits Package

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top ten steel producers. The combined group has an aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 28 million tonnes and approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. Tata Steel Europe has its main steelmaking operations in the UK and the Netherlands, and supplies steel and related services to the construction, automotive, packaging, material handling and other demanding markets. As a business, we are currently investing heavily in our UK operations to ensure that we continue to be one of the market leaders in steel manufacturing.

Our Long Products Division has its main UK hub based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The business produces a wide product range including: sections, plates, wire rod, bar, rail and semi-finished steel. We pride ourselves in manufacturing to the highest quality and supply to our customers worldwide. We are currently undertaking a large engineering recruitment drive for a number of departments at the Scunthorpe plant to help support the efficient and productive operations of the site.

We are currently looking to recruit a Maintenance Engineer – Civil Engineering and Building Services to support our Energy Operations & Infrastructure department at our Scunthorpe site. The incumbent of the role will be responsible for the following:

- Managing and promoting a proactive attitude for safety health & environment
- Owning and implementing business standards.
- Helping to train and develop staff and support contractors to provide a techically competent and safety conscious team.
- Own, specify, procure, plan and deliver maintenance work including site supervision.-
- Managing maintenance and service contracts to provide a cost effective civil engineering and building service to plant.
- Managing budgets to agreed values.
- The maintenance of directly owned assets including roads, infrastucture, bridges, landscaped areas, gardens, surface water and foul pumping systems.
- Developing landfill sites.
- Carrying out inspections to concrete structure and bridges to identify maintenance requirements.
- A major aspect of the role is to provide technical support and guidance on a wide range of Civil engineering matters to production, engineering and building manager
- Ability to consult with colleagues at all levels within the organisation and liaise with external organisations is essential.

In order to fulfill the requirements of the role, we would expect you to be qualified to degree level or equivalent in an appropriate Civil engineering discipline and must be (or working towards becoming) a chartered Engineer with significant experience within a heavy industrial manufacturing and engineering environment.

You will possess a thorough understanding and demonstrable application of Civil engineering, project management and have a positive track record of working as part of an engineering team in heavy industrial facilities. We expect the successful applicant to have an understanding of best practice health and safety & environmental management practices and legislative requirements is a pre requisite, as is an understanding of total quality / CI approach to deliver business improvements. Good IT skills are required and a working knowledge of SAP is desirable but not essential as full training will be provided

Closing Date for Applications:  14th August 2013