To plan, organise, and set firm supplier schedules from a group of approved suppliers that are managed in accordance with established procedures / policies, ensuring consistency of supply whilst managing inventory levels in line with budgetary requirements. * Robust cascade of the supplier orderbooks, communicating delivery requirements against the company MPS; providing effective delivery plans that are commitment accepted by the external suppliers. * Provide feedback on short, medium term supplier delivery performance in the form of a supplier score card informing the buying team of any future sourcing risk based on demonstrated performance KPI’s Key Responsibilities; * Ensure external Supplier Deliveries are aligned with the operational requirements across multiple customer programmes being a critical function of the role expectations. * Be the key supply chain focal contact for all manufacturing needs, ensuring delivery information is communicated daily on the line walks across all manufacturing sites. * To manage supplier performance for delivery requirements, resolving processes and complex problems within the external supplier chain ensuring that they are resolved in a timely manner. * Co-ordination of the supplier(s) regular order books maintaining accurate and achievable delivery commitments against set targets. * To co-ordinate part-based delivery schedules from the buying team that meet the MRP schedules set out in the master-schedule. * Running system programme reports, summarising supplier shortage status. * Ability to summarise and forecast purchase shortages based on information generated acting where supply and demand does not match. Key Performance Measures; * On-time delivery to the company master production schedule (MRP) * Full visibility of all supplier programme shortages with action plans in place for full part(s) recovery to meet the operational needs * Report out on Delivery KPI (OTIF) and Supplier Quality KPI (OTQ) by defined supplier ownership * Execute and return of full supplier order book weekly managing firm delivery dates that can be communicated in the executive system. * Robust management of the Supply Chain Exception Messages for Supply Delays, Expedites or order Cancellations to align planned inventory levels to fit with the companies needs Knowledge, Education, Skills and Experience; * Supply chain management experience * Strong analytical capability (supply chain, operational and financial) * Business and operations process understanding * Planning and Organising * Teamwork & Collaboration * Accountability & responsibility * Problem solving and decision making * Cost / Budget awareness * Customer focused (internal and external)