Procurement Engineer

Role: Procurement Engineer

Location: Oxford, England

Duration: 12 months

Pay Rate: -30 - -40 P/hr INSIDE IR35

Your mission and responsibilities will include

• You will support procurement with your technical expertise and are an interface partner for procurement, suppliers and R&D in terms of cost analysis and cost calculation in all phases of the product life cycle with focus on holistic product cost optimization.
• You will be organizing and performing Cost Value Engineering projects (e.g. Cost Analysis & Optimization, Target Costing, Benchmark, Should Cost analysis)
• You will support the product design phase with cost estimation and technology-specific recommendation for purchased parts.
• You will support the local procurement organization during price negotiations with your cost and value analysis.
• You will further develop and standardize value and cost optimization methods.
• You will support internal Procurement transformational programmes / processes, embracing digitalisation as an enabler to improved working.

What we are looking for:

Your qualifications and experience:

• You have a mechanical engineering qualification, industrial engineering or a comparable field
• You have several years of experience in engineering and/or procurement developing mutually beneficial supplier relationships in short and mid-long term.
• You have technical expertise in electro-mechanical components and/or mechanics. (e.g. Sheet metal fabrication and forming, casting, machining, composite structures, mechanical assemblies, ultra-high vacuum pipework, etc.).
• You have broad and proven experience in terms of cost structure analysis, product cost optimization, cost driver analysis and target costing.

Your personality and skills:

• You have the ability to find cost- and value-optimized solutions, to convince cross-functional partners and suppliers of these and to implement them in teamwork.
• With your communication skills and your intercultural sensitivity, you enjoy working with international suppliers and colleagues. Furthermore, you are willing to travel worldwide (max. 20%)
• You personally convince with your reliability, excellent teamwork and presentation skills, initiative, and enthusiasm as well as your motivation and independent working style.
• Experience of complex problem resolution with logical mindset, strong negotiation skills, Global mindset, excellent networking skills, excellent written and oral communication skills.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.