Procurement Engineer

Procurement Engineer

Location: Scarborough

The Company

• In a nutshell, we build buses and coaches. In fact, more than half of the buses you see on the roads in the UK are built by Alexander Dennis. We have a huge responsibility for keeping the world moving.
• We are saving the planet. Our purpose is to support Governments globally with their push to reduce pollution and improve air quality by building greener, more eco-friendly buses.
• We love our customers. So much so, almost every bus we build is bespoke – what the customer wants, we will do our best to deliver.
• We have a fantastic Canadian parent company called NFI. They welcomed us into the family in 2019, and we haven’t looked back ever since.
• We are building back and growing again, winning new orders in Germany and Ireland which will be manufactured right here in the UK.
• Our global footprint is pretty impressive. We have a presence in some super cool places across the world from Hong Kong to Auckland to Toronto.

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Your Dream Role

• An exciting opportunity for an ambitious Procurement Engineer to join our successful, international business.
• Drive strategic growth and support with the transition from diesel to zero emission propulsion.
• Lead cost reduction and VA/VE projects, delivering improvements in line with specific targets.
• Develop detailed knowledge and understanding of supplier manufacturing and sourcing processes used to produce specific materials and commodities. Influence and optimise cost and quality.
• Identify key cost drivers within body and electrical commodities. Develop action plans to optimise product costs accordingly.
• Provide technical expertise on specific materials and commodities by liaising closely with vehicle design engineering on system integration of these materials and commodities.
• Ensure supplier specification and drawing controls for specified commodities.
• Ensure part number addition and change control approval for specified commodities.
• Provide technical approval input for supplier selection, ensuring Principal Engineer approval.
• Provide estimate costs at early stages of product design and development.
• Opportunities like this don’t come along often – you will have exposure to a wide range of projects and senior stakeholders globally.

Benefits

• A competitive salary package – we aim to reward our people at the level they deserve.
• A half day every Friday. Yes, every Friday. A long weekend, every weekend.
• The opportunity to work for a company doing amazing things for our environment.
• You will work with some incredibly intelligent and driven people and get involved with complex projects which you won’t find anywhere else.
• We don’t employ people and tell them what to do. You will have the opportunity to change and improve the way we do things which is always good for your personal development.

About You

• You will be ambitious, with a keenness to apply your technical skills to the commercial side of the business.
• Experience in a similar position within a similarly complex, fast-paced, business.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to digest complex trend and articulate as necessary.
• Demonstrate strategic thinking and the ability to manage the change process.
• Possess cost and value engineering (CVE) skills to contribute to increase the competitiveness and profitability of our products.
• A good understanding of cost analysis and optimisation, design to value, modularisation and standardisation, supplier productivity improvements and target pricing/target costing, in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Relationship building will come easily to you - across all levels of seniority, internally and externally.
• Things can be hectic here. You will thrive in a busy environment with often competing priorities.
• Generally, someone who is approachable, with a strong work ethic and a desire to succeed.
  

Next Steps

If this sounds like you, and you’re interested in joining a highly successful, international business then please hit ‘Apply’ now! Along with uploading a copy of your most up-to-date CV, it would be great if you could write a short covering letter detailing the reasons why we should hire you.

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We care deeply about being inclusive and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Due to the volume of vacancies and applications, we would prefer that you submit your application online. If, however, you require an alternative method of applying, please give us call on +44 1324 621 672 or send an email to careers@alexander-dennis.com