Purchasing Team Leader

Ensure compliance with government laws and regulations and company policies and processes.

Review performance data related to purchasing effectiveness and efficiency.

Provide procurement support for new repair capability, and when necessary, participate in make /buy process.

Assist the engineering team with the costing of spares for engineering projects.

Ensure full life-cycle strategy and support.

Raise Purchase Orders and maintain the ERP system with the current status and expected delivery dates

Action company daily reports covering, as a minimum, Parts awaiting Price & Delivery (Status 110), Parts awaiting ordering (Status 160), parts ordered awaiting delivery (Status 170)

Supplier Management

Develop strategic relationships with OEMs, key suppliers, subcontractors, and service providers to encourage excellent service and favourable price and lead-time commitments, beneficial to Muirhead Avionics.

Negotiate improved terms and conditions for the business throughout the supplier base, and identify new supplier opportunities.

Monitor supplier performance using agreed KPIs including:

On-time delivery

Quality performance

Responsiveness

Cost competitiveness

Lead time adherence

Conduct regular supplier reviews and performance meetings.

Identify and mitigate supplier-related risks.

Escalate and resolve supplier performance issues.

Lead supplier development activities to improve service, quality, and cost performance.

Ensure supplier compliance with contractual, regulatory, quality, and ethical requirements.

Inventory Management

Ensure inventory levels support production schedules and customer demand requirements.

Optimise stock holdings to balance service levels and working capital objectives.

Regularly review:

Re-order points

Safety stock levels

Excess inventory

Obsolescence risks

Demand forecasts

Work closely with operations and engineering to ensure material availability.

Manage inventory planning processes within ERP systems.

Support inventory reduction and working-capital improvement initiatives.

Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs