Direct Procurement Senior Manager - Engine

The Opportunity

• Reporting to the Global Senior Purchasing Manager this role will see you lead and manage a team of Regional Delivery Buyers which will be responsible for managing the external supply chain from Jaguar Land Rover suppliers.

• You will support the Global Commodity Leaders and Global Strategic Buyers in the development and execution of commodity strategies and the Global sourcing activity through the Global Sourcing Process (GSP).   

• Accountable for all post sourcing and contract management activities for designated commodities and suppliers within your region.  

• You will develop and execute key performance indicators across the designated regional suppliers, engaging with stakeholders and specialists within the Purchasing Function as required, ensuring supplier performance to meet JLR QCDMT requirements.

• This role is also a pivotal role for interface with other key functions within Jaguar Land Rover and acts as a core conduit for true cross functional working across Production Purchasing, MP&L, STA, Product Engineering, Cost Engineering and Manufacturing.

Key Performance Indicators

• Supplier performance management targets
• New Model Programme Cost Achievement (Post SCPA)
• Net Cost Reporting targets and strategic should-cost Gap Closure Plan targets (Post SCPA)
• Validation of core activity relating to CCDS
• Pulse improvement and action plans where applicable ensuring Personal Development Plans   (PDP’s) in place for self and team members

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

               Strategy & Sourcing:

• Act as the regional voice of the customer for input into the Strategic Commodity Dossiers (SCD), Commodity Business Plans (CBP) and Strategic Supplier Dossiers (SSD), and ensure relevant data is updated and understood

• Accountable for the execution of commodity and supplier strategy, and the effectiveness of operational relationships with each of designated suppliers in region, ensuring that they adopt and follow the commodity strategy that delivers improved purchase operational performance

• Support the Strategic Analyst, by ensuring regional analytics on suppliers, market and business requirements is available and understood

• Be responsible for issuing and analysing RFI’s/RFQs in Region, and supplier liaison to ensure sourcing in line with policy and to agreed targets through GSP and deploying TCO & TVO approach 

• To provide input to GSP SBR meetings to ensure design decisions are made based on an accurate analysis of supply chain, product cost drivers and regional inputs

• Conduct supplier negotiations where appropriate in Region pre SCPA in support of Global Commodity Leader

• Work with the Capacity Planning Team (CPT) to manage strategic capacity changes and constraints (Post SCPA)

• Support analysis of Make vs Buy business justification in Region as required

Cost Management:

• Develop expertise in cost for commodities through developing a detailed cost model and cost reduction strategy to achieve optimal cost for piece price , ED&T, tooling

• Manage all new Model Programme introduction of designated commodity/system, including contracted supplier obligations, production readiness and resolution of any commercial and/or programme issues/risks, being accountable for robust delivery to target cost

• Ensuring effective cost management of designated commodities and supplier post SCPA sourcing/contracting which will involve launching commodities on new products at their target cost as well as achieving year on year cost reduction on current spend to deliver NCR to target

• Investigate and ensure resolution of in-contract commercial issues including unverified invoices relating to price queries, annual cost reduction, tooling costs, design changes and all liability claims, to minimise the costs to JLR

• Lead timely and accurate completion of purchasing deliverables status in line with PCDS process timings for designated commodity/system e.g. SCPA issue/completion, order placement and APQP deliverables

• Responsible for robust formation, validation and roll up reporting of CDTS's via Regional Delivery Buyers for designated commodities on all new model programmes post SCPA

Supplier Relationship Management:

• Participate in Supplier Business Reviews with your suppliers to develop supplier relationships in accordance with the supplier segmentation model ensuring that both the suppliers and JLR requirements are being met

• Lead Regional stakeholder engagement and internal relationship management, and act as the primary interface with core Product Engineering Module Leaders / Senior Managers for designated commodities/systems, to ensure cross-functional alignment on quality, cost, delivery and time requirements post SCPA

• Support the Global Commodity Leaders, to develop the supplier relationships globally for your designated commodities

• Monitor external supply chain performance and communicate to the organisational stakeholders as appropriate

CCDS :

Accountable for the designated regional execution of all CCDS associated activities and tasks as per process gateway deliverables, this will form the basis of the commercial contract validation activities on behalf of Jaguar Land Rover which includes but is not limited to

• Validation activities of core commercial/contractual elements and costs, for example
  • Labour (direct and indirect)/Manning (direct/indirect) and overall supplier programme resources
  • Process time for manufacturing process, key material flows and information flows
  • How parts are manufactured – bill of design and bill of process (method of manufacture/key materials/location(s) of manufacture/BOF content and understanding of key BOF cost elements and drivers)
  • Tooling and location of manufacture
  • OEE/Shift Patterns/JPH achievement and capacity flexibility, breakpoints and sensitivity analysis around volumes
  • Value Stream Maps – all key material and information flows mapped and understood at production system, supply chain, sub tier and sub tier supply chain variables
  • BOF Parts and Supply Chain maps
  • Tariffs duties and incentives around total value stream and any contingency and business continuity considerations which need to be incorporated into contractual or commercial framework moving forward

Other:

• Ensure appropriate information exchange to the Global Commodity Leaders

• Contribute where appropriate to process improvement and ensuring the adoption and sharing of best practice in Regional Purchasing Teams e.g. leading programmes of cost reduction

• Manage Supplier, and Supply Chain Risk Management for assigned commodities post SCPA, ensuring the supply chain operates in accordance with JLRQ (or equivalent), customer and governmental regulations

• Ensure compliance to the JLR Way and KWS processes. Driving system compliance throughout the supply chain, by maintaining the purchasing systems to ensure data integrity and therefore system performance

• Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested