Lead Materials Controller

Lead Materials Controller 1266MARG

Hinkley Point C

PAYE £222.50 or Umbrella £315

Principal Accountabilities

- Lead a team of approximately 8 people
- Plan the sequencing of the teams work to meet the programme needs
- Make sure orders are placed in time to align to the programme needs
- Take ownership and implement agreed purchasing strategies.
- Develop and own category input and initiatives into the budget process and forecasting Procurement cost savings initiatives within SAP (Reporting tool).
- Maintain communication with suppliers/ commercial team during procurement to ensure timely delivery while maintaining compliance as per the procurement documents.
- Actively manage the procurement process from order placement through receipt of products and subsequent payment of invoices.
- Work with various teams to ensure continuity of supply of Quality.
- Monitoring of purchase orders and undertaking all necessary steps to ensure compliance.
- Drive on-time delivery for all external purchases
- Prepare purchase requisition and purchase order using the purchasing system (AS9).
- Maintain accurate and organised purchasing document packs for auditing reasons.
- Assist in the follow up and provide information to requesters regarding ordering.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

- Team leader experience
- Engineering, commercial or supply chain experience
- Undergraduate qualifications in engineering, commercial, supply chain or business.
- Strong attention to detail / Target driven.
- Aptitude with analytical tools.
- Ability to drive and resolve problems and issues with suppliers involving order placement and delivery
- Ability to build consensus and engagement with the key stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to demonstrate innovative solutions to complicated purchasing initiatives, in a fast moving and demanding environment.
- Proficient in Office 365 tools such as Excel, Word etc.
- Comfortable following process with a healthy questioning attitude.