Position Summary
Responsible for sourcing goods and services requiring application of advanced purchasing principles, theories and concepts. Prepares, negotiates, issues, and manages agreements to minimise risk, reduce costs, and ensure best value and continuity of supply.
Responsibilities
Define and implement Category/Commodity Strategies to minimise risk, reduce costs, and ensure best value continuity of supply. Includes spend aggregation, and supplier consolidation, rationalisation, and segmentation
Negotiate Strategic Agreements that accurately reflect price, schedule, terms, and conditions.
Focal point within the assigned Category for supplier performance risk escalation
Leverage and manage supplier relationships to create a competitive advantage. Works with suppliers on Continuous Improvement and cost reduction initiatives – 80% Uk based Supplier and 260 non UK Suppliers
Maintains in-depth knowledge of market conditions and industry trends related to assigned Category
Identifies and develops alternate sources of supply.
Conducts supplier site visits and evaluates capabilities. – 163 UK Supplies and 230 Italian Suppliers.
Applies Continuous Improvement techniques to internal procurement processes and systems to increase efficiency and reduce costs
Ensures all key stakeholders are actively involved in the solicitation, negotiation, and award process.
Actively participates in High Performance Teams to improve value stream performance
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree (4 Year) or equivalent in Supply Chain or Operations Management, Business, Engineering or Other.
Professional Certification – CIPS, ASCM (APICS) or ISM preferred
Minimum of 4-6 years applicable experience in procurement, finance, materials management or operations
Analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend proper automation opportunities.
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Programs.
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.
Understanding of lean enterprise principles and practices
Demonstrated teamwork and team building skills in producing results and meeting objectives
Ability to build trust and demonstrate a high level of integrity
Strong organisational and planning skills
Decisive, resilient & flexible
Excellent interpersonal skills
Good problem solving skills
Parker Hannifin
Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.
With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.
Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.
Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.
By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.
As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Parker is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on grounds of age, race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation or disability in relation to recruitment and employment.
