Job Description

Company Description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.


We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.


John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Coach, lead and develop diverse talent to build a high-performance purchasing team through adherence to Standard Work - demonstrate commitment to this environment through their own Leadership Standard Work while fostering an inclusive culture.

Align suppliers to the requirements of purchase order product specifications and delivery terms.

Ensure production or sales & aftermarket operations for the regions in the PSC portfolio can be executed as planned through effective purchasing while contributing to working capital improvement (inventory, payment terms).

Deliver best value to Smiths through the management of costs and the execution of category strategy in transactional purchasing.

Structure the team to make best use of available resource and provide the required operational service.

Demonstrate awareness of overall business strategy and actively seek to contribute towards its achievement.

Manage daily tasks, issues and priorities on a self-directed basis, escalating to procurement leadership as appropriate.

PR to PO Turnaround

Purchase order ageing

MRP exception msg status

Purchase order acknowledgements obtained

PPV

VMI availability

Invoice hold value

Spend under Pull Replenishment

Supplier OTD

Lead time accuracy

Supplier count

Cost avoidance

PO volumes (spend and line count)

Qualifications

Skills and Experience:

Experience of leading and building diverse teams both directly and remotely (min. 10+ years), Professional certification in Procurement or Supply Chain Management - i.e APICS, CPIM, CIPS and/or suitable tertiary qualification (Bachelors) and/or demonstrable success in a similar role; Strong analytical capability and ability to formulate plans from data; Lean problem-solving skills - root cause analysis methodologies, i.e. A3; Strong IT system skills; MS packages, Power BI Knowledge of production planning/scheduling and manufacturing operations; Knowledge of supply contracts and applicable terms for operational purchasing: consignment, warehousing/stockholding, VMI programs, bailment; Understanding of Category Management approaches and tools; Understanding of corporate governance requirements in the context of purchasing operations, supplier onboarding/management and the P2P cycle. English fluency (written and spoken)

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.


Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.


Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.


We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.


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