Contract dates: ASAP Start – 02/12/2019

What are my responsibilities?

• Provide a proactive procurement support service to the designated fleet for engineered parts, facilities, all goods and services in accordance with company procedures.
• Ensure the procurement activity is in cohesion with strategic procurement planning, including the support and development of strategic business objectives.
• Ensure materials of the required standards are available at the production facility to meet the requirement of the maintenance operation.
• Responsible for liaising with the Materials Control Manager in relation to warranty failed product for the designated fleet and to take the lead role in negotiating claim settlements for products covered by contractual warranty in cohesion with counterparts on other contracts.
• Effective proactive liaison with depot management, SAG warranty representative, to satisfy the timely conclusion of warranty claims.
• Work with the designated Fleet Engineering / Technical
• Take a proactive role in addressing quality concerns and repair work with the suppliers (Supply chain) to ensure that preventive measures are pursued.
• Engage with the suppliers and liaison with systems experts to agree product reliability improvement and obsolescence solutions.
• Implementation of safe systems and controls within your area of responsibility.
• Understand, implement and comply with the Client Rail Systems HSQE policies.
• Communicate health and safety responsibilities to your team and ensure employees raise issues and participate in implementation of agreed changes.
• Systems HSQE policies.
• Communicate health and safety responsibilities to your team and ensure employees raise issues and participate in implementation of agreed changes.
• Fully participate and engage in RL behavioural safety agenda to ensure you and your team work safely.
• Engage with HSQE team to agree targets and priorities to communicate and cascade to team.
• Take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions that may have an environmental impact.
• Accept personal responsibility to take care of ourselves and any others affected by one’s own acts or omissions.
• Collaboration with internal/ external customer to meet current needs and explore opportunities for mutual benefit.
• Demonstrate competence in all of the Clients Management Standards and Leadership capabilities.
• Develop a high performance culture with strong employee engagement using their People Management policies policies and tools (PMP/4 Success objective setting, appraisal and development plan, Succession planning, Recognition schemes etc.).
• Implement learning and development solutions to develop talent and enhance capability in the team.
• Provide materials management support for all vehicle whole life cost optimization plans and condition assessments.
• Ensure the overhaul materials management activity is in cohesion with operational requirements.
• Assist in the overhaul project mobilization/ set up for materials management and stores supporting services.
• In cohesion with respective stakeholders and overhaul project managers, provide materials management /logistics planning expertise to ensure overhaul programmes are accurately planned.
• Assist in the development of the overhaul BOM (bill of materials) and procurement plans in support of product overhaul.

What do I need to qualify for the role?

• Experience in Rail materials, stores or engineering position
• Detailed knowledge of materials and stores management procedures and warranty process
• Good knowledge of IT systems and software
• CIPS Professional diploma in Procurement and Supply