Product Procurement Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Innova Solutions
£34 Per hour
Inside
Onsite
Peterlee, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Product Procurement Engineer role in Peterlee is a fully onsite position focused on managing part development and quality feedback loops for various product introduction activities. The engineer will collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to ensure quality and cost management from concept to production. Candidates should possess around five years of experience in the automotive sector, with knowledge of APQP, PPAP, and AIAG. The role also involves driving value analysis and engineering initiatives to optimize supply strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage part development and quality feedback loops for New Product Introduction (NPI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), and New Source Introduction (NSI).
- Collaborate with suppliers, design control engineers, value chain engineering, and procurement category teams.
- Oversee Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and cost management activities from concept to PPAP.
- Implement product supply strategies aligned with category management to create competitive advantages.
- Manage quality feedback loops to apply lessons learned on quality defects across the supply base.
- Drive Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE) through cost modelling and design for manufacturability.
Key Skills:
- Degree or equivalent experience desired.
- Extensive experience in supplier management and product development.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Data-driven decision making.
- Effective communications.
Salary (Rate): £34 hourly
City: Peterlee
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Product Procurement Engineer
Peterlee
Fully onsite role, 5 days a week.
Twelve-months contract
£30 - £34 / hr umbrella
Inside IR35
Up to 20%, travel within Europe travelling to suppliers
Looking for around 5 years’ experience in Automotive understand and have knowledge on APQP, PPAP and AIAG.
Extensive experience in with supplier management and product development
Driving Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE)
As the Product Procurement Engineer, you will manage part development and quality feedback loops for New Product Introduction (NPI), Continuous Product Improvement (CPI), and New Source Introduction (NSI) related activities by collaborating with suppliers, design control engineers, value chain engineering, and procurement category teams.
Managing Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Cost management related activities from concept to PPAP to deliver parts at the right quality, total cost, and meet timelines.
They accomplish this through collaboration with various functional areas like packaging, transportation, business resources, supply chain, etc.
Implementing product supply strategies aligned with the category management supply strategies that will create a competitive advantage for our customers by developing, optimizing, and integrating a world-class supply network.
Managing the quality feedback loops to ensure lessons learned on quality defects are applied across the supply base.
Driving Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE) through cost modelling, design for manufacturability, and leveraging suppliers’ capabilities.
Top Candidates will have:
- Degree or equivalent experience desired
- Extensive experience in with supplier management and product development
- Strong written and verbal communication skills dealing with both internal and external partners
What Skills you will have:
- Data-driven Decision Making:
- Effective Communications
- Supplier Management