Production Buyer

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The Brompton is acknowledged worldwide as the finest bike of its type and this excellence, combined with resurgence in cycling for transport means we are enjoying strong, sustained growth. If we are to continue to thrive, we need to recruit great people who can drive innovation of our products and the processes used to make them. We are proud of our bikes and enjoy using them. We export 80% of our production to 44 countries around the globe and intend to produce over 100,000 bikes this year but believe that we are just getting started. Brompton Bicycle manufactures in its factory in West London a bike that is generally considered the best portable bike there is. The company is privately-owned, successful, and profitable, and we have good relationships with our distributors and users. If you have huge enthusiasm, thrive on being given responsibility and want to make great products that make a difference to people's lives we can offer you a job you will not find anywhere else. Uniform: The Company wishes to portray a corporate and professional business image to its clients and customers. It also wants to ensure that clothing is compatible with safe moving and handling practices, reducing the risk of injury. To this end you will be supplied with Company polo shirts that you will be required to wear We are looking for a Production Buyer to join Brompton in London. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to start on a career within Purchasing, or for someone who is already working within purchasing and looking for a new challenge. Working within a team, you shall be responsible for placing Purchase Orders according to the Material requirements or Purchase Request on behalf of the commodity. You will be actively involved in the management of the material flows in order to ensure that outsourced and purchased products are delivered on time, quality and cost to satisfy customers and launch first level of corrective and preventive actions. This is a perfect opportunity to work on a dynamic network between Brompton Bicycle Plant and the Procurement world. You will drive supplier performance across the end-to-end supply chain in a fast-moving, digital environment. In this role, you will manage a portfolio of suppliers in support of all Commercial Brompton Programmes. Brompton has a global supply chain. Are you ready to take the challenge? Then take the chance and apply now for the next step in your career! Main duties and responsibilities Supplier Portfolio Management Daily management of global supplier and subcontractor portfolio using existing business tools and future digitalisation. Proactively operate in a procurement community as partner to Planning, Logistics, Quality and NPI team. Demand and forecast control, challenge internally MRP demand and unusual consumption. Review weekly/monthly/quarterly delivery schedule and forecast with suppliers. Monitor and manage delivery forecasts and 'line of balance' through regular interaction with suppliers. Anticipation of operational risks and issues to drive proactive and mitigation action plans with supplier and transversal departments. Analyse delays, prioritize urgencies, Ensure clear and regular communication to all internal customers and that the escalation process is initiated in a timely manner where required to avoid impacts to build through late supply. PO release planning throughout the year. Requirement of potential supplier visit or anticipation of trade show. Logistics Use of appropriate logistic and ordering solutions, arranging shipping with 3PL. Driving the reverse logistics flows (quotes, return parts, followed removals). Follow-up and support troubleshooting for delivery issues, Goods receipt, Technical/Administrative quality notice and invoices. Manage & optimise airfreight cost and oversee the airfreight approval process. Master Data & PDM Update In line with influencing factors (Delivery performance, quality performance, demand fluctuation, Economic Order Quantity); Maintain and Optimise the ordering parameters (batch size, MOQ, Leadtime, Kanban, etc.) on both INFOR and PDM system. Support optimisation of inventory parameters (Safety stock, reorder point) with Supply planner. Transactions accuracy Raise, release, monitor and adjust Purchase orders within supplier leadtime and requirements. Confirm and update Purchase order data (Promise date, Brompton arrival dates) in Infor as per the supplier's confirmations. Manage reordering tasks after rejection, scrap/damages. Maintain MRP/APS/Control Tower requirements filled with promised orders sufficient to replenish stock and cover both demand and safety stock, Analyse MRP and Supply External Product exception messages. Complete handover of new parts purchased items from development phrase (Category buyer) to support production phrase. Monitoring Monitoring and improvement of first tier Supplier relationships. Monitoring of the Supply Chain's performance (reception

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