Technical Buyer Administrator

Technical Buyer Administrator

Camlin Group – Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom – Inventory

Camlin is a global technology leader that operates with the vision of bringing revolutionary products to life for a wide range of industries, including power and rail, and also has interests in a number of R&D projects in a variety of scientific sectors.

At Camlin we believe in high quality engineering and design, allowing us to develop market leading products and services. In short, we love creating value for our customers by solving difficult problems. As of now, Camlin operates in over 20 countries worldwide.

The Technical Buyer Administrator role is to support our Engineering Department’s Technical Buying Team in their day-to-day duties and tasks. The Technical Buying team is an integral part of the overall Engineering Department in the Camlin Group and provides support to most, if not all teams within the Department. These teams include, but are not limited to, Mechanical Engineering Team, Sustaining Team, Software Team, Algorithms Team, Applied Engineering Team, Compliance Team, Research Team etc.

The Technical Buying Team source and purchase all components and services required within the Engineering Department for the R&D and NPI projects that run concurrently. There is usually a high level of urgency to receive all components and services required in a timely manner, to ensure that every project’s timeline is realised. This calls for the ability to work quickly and efficiently, work well under pressure, be a team player but equally be able to use your own initiative, be proactive and work well individually.

The Technical Buying Team carry out many other roles too, including Bill of Material creation and management on our MRP system, Engineering Change Order processing, electronic component sourcing, ongoing negotiations with suppliers on continuity of supply of components, pricing and delivery lead times on same etc., again, to realise the various projects’ timelines, milestones and usually tight deadlines.

Over the last few years, the Technical Buying Team have also taken ownership of the majority of indirect spend across the Camlin Group, assisted by the roll‑out of a new procurement platform late Q3, 2023. This has increased the team workload considerably and support will be required from the Technical Buyer Administrator in this indirect spend management too. Tech Buying are also called upon to support projects in the wider Camlin Group, offering similar support as listed above, when required.

Some of these projects include electronic component obsolescence management and product lifecycle management. We have separate SaaS platforms to assist with these projects.

The Technical Buyer Administrator role is to assist the rest of the team with various tasks.

• Take ownership of Technical Buyers’ ordered components/services and delivery of same.
  • Retrieving components from Operations Stores (Goods Inwards)
  • Receipt the received goods/services on to our Precoro Procurement system
  • Deliver components/kits to relevant Camlin personnel when required
  • Manage Technical Buyers’ inventory/excess stock when kits/components are delivered
• Maintain Technical Buyers’ purchase order records and other tracking tools.
  • Attend weekly update meeting with Ops Planning/Dispatch to expedite tech buyer purchase orders with Operations
  • Report back to relevant tech buyers, project managers and other stakeholders on progress or delays on any purchase orders with Ops
  • Regularly review all live and outstanding purchase orders with all other suppliers and expedite as necessary
  • Review, reconcile and process technical buyers’ Purchase Receipts and Invoices through our Precoro system
  • Highlight any invoice queries found in this process to the technical buyers and proceed as advised
  • Assist with Precoro purchase requisition approvals
  • Undergo training to be able to provide support and assistance with PLM platform administration tasks
  • Assist with Supplier Audits and management/tracking of same
• Any other reasonable tasks as requested.

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