Procurement Engineer | Outsource UK

Job Description

Job Title: Procurement Engineer
Client: Global engineering & manufacturing client
Location: Peterlee
Hourly Rate: £26.49 paye or £34.78 Umbrella
Duration: 12 months
Working arrangements: Monday - Friday - on-site with potential travel required to supplier sites in Europe once per month
  

About the Role:
As the Procurement Engineer, you will manage part development and quality feedback loops for New Product Introduction (NPI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), and New Source Introduction (NSI) related activities by collaborating with suppliers, design control engineers, value chain engineering, and procurement category teams.


Responsibilities:
  • Managing Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Cost management related activities from concept to PPAP to deliver parts at the right quality, total cost, and meet timelines. They accomplish this through collaboration with various functional areas like packaging, transportation, business resources, supply chain, etc.
  • Implementing product supply strategies aligned with the category management supply strategies that will create a competitive advantage for our customers by developing, optimizing, and integrating a world-class supply network.
  • Managing the quality feedback loops to ensure lessons learned on quality defects are applied across the supply base.
  • Driving Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE) through cost modelling, design for manufacturability, and leveraging suppliers’ capabilities.
Key Skills:
  • To understand and have knowledge in APQP, PPAP and AIAG
  • Extensive experience in with supplier management and product development
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills dealing with both internal and external partners

If you would like to be considered for this role please don't hesitate to click apply or call Sam Pierre-Louis on 0161 383 8022 for more information.

Inclusion statement
Outsource UK is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You'll receive consideration for your application without regard to race, religion or belief, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or age.

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