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Purchasing Team Leader in Bedford at Twiflex **Location:**
**Experience:**
Not Specified **Job Description**
**SUMMARY**
The Purchasing Team Leader role will provide guidance and support on an ongoing basis to the purchasing team. The success of the person in this role is vital to the continuous improvement efforts in procurement and the success of the company to meet and exceed customer expectations.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**
* Manage a small team of buyers/purchasing associates and a small team of stores, stock control & goods inwards staff.
* Provide support and guidance to the purchasing team, dealing with the more complex enquiries and escalations.
* Resolve any goods inwards issues, investigate and sign off any stock discrepancies.
* Generate MRP report daily. Analyse and review needs before distributing to the team and placing orders.
* Action or assign any quotation requests for Sales or VAVE purposes.
* Validate the POs of purchasing team members.
* Ensure all orders are expedited and late deliveries are communicated to relevant parties.
* Approve any price increases, up to a certain value or %.
* Set and achieve Key Performance Indicators including, but not limited to, cost savings, material price increases & supplier OTD.
* Complete KPI reports and communicate monthly to senior management and corporate.
* Engage in supplier segmentation & risk assessments for key supply base and implement risk mitigation strategies.
* Responsible for on-site consignment cage, ensuring stock levels are available to production and manage the contract with the supplier.
* Resolve supplier invoice queries in a timely manner to meet agreed payment schedules.
* Responsible for importing purchased goods into the UK and maintaining archives of all relevant shipping documentation in compliance with HMRC regulations.
* Attend daily Back Office meetings.
* Attend monthly corporate purchasing meetings to discuss issues and updates within the group.
* Represent the purchasing department at cross-functional project meetings to ensure delivery on time and on budget to the customer.
* Lead by example and provide coaching to team members as needed to ensure all policies and procedures are followed. Examples include but are not limited to: safe work practices, time management, and quality.
* Attend approved Altra leadership, team lead and problem-solving courses as they become available.
* Miscellaneous duties as required.
**Job Requirements**
**Skills and Experience Requirements**
* Engineering experience would be advantageous
* SAP experience would be advantageous
* Good verbal and written communication
* Good interpersonal skills
* Ability to identify problems and apply problem-solving techniques to achieve a resolution
* Team Player
* Ability to work on your own initiative
* Positive and adaptable in challenging conditions
**Minimum Education requirements**
* CIPS qualification