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| **Commodity Manager – South West, Gloucestershire** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ref: SC/ms16264t
 Commodity Manager Salary : £30 000 – 35 000 Location : South West Gloucestershire Gloucester Cheltenham Stroud The Background This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to join a leading supplier to the Aerospace and Defence Industry This position offers the individual progressional opportunities The main focus of the role is the development of a commodity based buying function in support of the operations teams The Role Identify opportunities for commodity-based purchasing in order to streamline the buying function and thus maximise discounts through improve purchasing agreements Prevent critical supply issues through best practice supply chain management techniques Liaise with stakeholders to deliver new products on cost on time Develop key supplier KPI’s Pursue Lean inventory and consignment initiatives with the supply chain Develop a competitive flexible supplier base focused on year on year cost reduction Manage sub-contracted work Develop e-resourcing The Candidate HND in business studies / or engineering ideally supported by full or part CIPS qualifications Solid experience of using ERP systems Highly literate in the Microsoft suite of programs Experience of low cost economy resourcing [e g Eastern Europe / Far East] |
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