Purchasing Manager - Europe

Purchasing Manager - Europe

Description

Purchasing Manager – Ramsgate (Kent)

Cummins is a place big enough to coach and develop a global workforce and create the world’s leading clean, engine technology. We’re also small enough for you to find your fit and personal passion with a team of dependable, innovative thinkers who are developing their careers within a diverse, inclusive, empowering environment.

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Our Power Systems Business Unit delivers reliable, durable, high performing products to our global partners. Working in an innovative space, you’ll develop high tech solutions that will fuel your advanced career skill set and empower you to own your career. Our integrated businesses demand the talents and creativity of individuals with a wide range of skills and experience.

This is an exciting opportunity in Ramsgate for a Purchasing Manager

Your impact will be seen in these and other ways:

Manages sourcing, quality, plant liaison, and business continuity planning within a business unit, commodity group, or international region to ensure continuity of supply.

Manages the purchasing within a business unit, commodity group, or international region for all materials, supplies, and equipment in support of corporate purchasing operations and goals.

Ensures purchasing activities reflect diverse requirements and overall business goals, as well as complies with all regulatory standards.

Manages end-to-end purchasing strategies and processes that capitalize on savings and risk mitigation opportunities for the business.

Builds strong supplier relationships and encourages a high level of supplier collaboration and delivery.

Solves complex matters of supplier performance.

Contributes to and implements overall purchasing strategy that provides foundation for supplier negotiations.

Mitigates risk and promotes compliance by establishing and maintaining valued relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Communicates regularly with purchasing team and business partners.

Identifies, plans, and implements continuous improvement opportunities within purchasing processes.

Actively supports and drives acceptance of standardized business system solutions across the supply chain.

Advises and consults with internal business partners on sourcing processes and procedures.

Actively supports the annual planning (AOP) at the business unit, commodity group, or international region level.

Presents sourcing and procurement issues and proposed solutions to purchasing leadership.

Actively promotes and uses Cummins’ fundamental operating mechanisms such as the Cummins Operating System (COS) and Six Sigma.

Develops, leads, and motivates staff; sets goals in training and development, performance, and career planning.

Skills and Experience Required:

Financial analysis - Applies financial analysis as part of their work. Is able to perform complex analysis

Champion change - Demonstrated results indicating deep knowledge of championing change.

Motivate others - Demonstrated results indicating deep knowledge of motivating others. Establishes challenging performance standards and communicates them in a way that creates buy-in.

Set the aim - Demonstrated results indicating deep knowledge of setting the aim. Helps others align their work to higher level organizational goals.

Negotiation with suppliers - I understand negotiation theory and tactics

Purchasing management - familiar with all fundamental purchasing and supply assurance principles and methodologies

Supplier relationship management - Understands the need for effective supplier relationships

Extensive practical knowledge of the EPC and service industry with proven experience in implementing EPC contracts and managing suppliers in the civil and services industry.

Ability to develop and implement a regional purchasing strategy for both indirect and direct purchasing in partnership with regional and BU purchasing teams within our corporate format.

EPC/NEC iChemE

Contraction experience is essential

Required Education, Licenses or Certifications

College, university or equivalent degree in a related business field such as supply chain management desired


At Cummins, we are dedicated to diversity in the workplace and we are committed to a policy of treating all our employees and job applicants equally. No employee or potential employee will receive less favourable treatment because of any protected characteristic.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary £46,320 - £63,691(dependent on experience)

Cummins Pension

Health shield

12% variable Bonus

Cummins rewards