Procurement Manager (Electronics) in Essex

Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Essex based client to recruit for a Procurement Manager (Electronics)

The role:

You will take a leading role in driving subcontractor performance and supplier capability across complex, cutting-edge programmes. You will play a key part in strategically managing important PCBA system integration projects, each at different stages of their lifecycle, ensuring seamless progression from concept through to stable production.

Main Responsibilities:

Subcontract & Supplier Delivery

• Lead supplier selection activities ensuring capability, capacity, and maturity alignment to programme phase (NPI through to production ramp) and delivery risk profile.
• Own end-to-end delivery performance of assigned subcontractors, ensuring alignment to programme milestones, cost targets, and quality requirements.
• Establish and maintain robust supplier delivery plans, tracking performance against agreed schedules and proactively managing risks and constraints.
• Lead recovery planning and execution for underperforming suppliers, driving timely resolution of delivery or quality issues.

Supplier Readiness & Technical Programme Support

• Engage suppliers early in the design and NPI phases to ensure technical capability, capacity, and readiness to support programme requirements.
• Conduct supplier readiness and capability assessments, including industrialisation, compliance, and documentation maturity.
• Ensure alignment between engineering change processes and supplier execution, minimising disruption to programme delivery.
• Support structured onboarding and qualification of suppliers, including compliance with regulatory and environmental standards.

Commercial & Contract Management

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies aligned to programme and business objectives.
• Lead contractual negotiations and establish framework agreements that appropriately manage delivery risk, performance expectations, and commercial outcomes.
• Manage change control, variations, and commercial risks throughout the subcontract lifecycle.

Supplier Performance & Development

• Drive supplier performance management through data-driven reviews, KPIs, and structured improvement plans.
• Identify and implement supplier development initiatives to improve capability, capacity, quality, and delivery reliability.
• Develop resilient supply strategies including dual sourcing and alternative supplier identification.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Act as the primary link between procurement, suppliers, engineering, quality, and manufacturing to ensure integrated execution.
• Support programme teams in defining procurement requirements and ensuring supplier deliverables meet technical and programme objectives.
• Provide clear communication and escalation of supplier-related risks and opportunities.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Significant experience in procurement, subcontract management, or supply chain roles within a technical or engineering environment.
• Demonstrated experience supporting new product introduction (NPI) and managing supplier engagement from design through to production.
• Strong understanding of supplier readiness, qualification processes, and compliance requirements, including regulatory, environmental, and quality standards.
• Proven ability to manage supplier performance and deliver recovery in challenging delivery environments.
• Experience working within complex, low-volume, high-mix manufacturing environments.
• Strong commercial and contractual acumen, with experience managing risk and negotiating agreements.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Analytical capability with strong data handling skills, including Excel, SQL and ERP systems such as SAP.
• Professional procurement qualifications, such as MCIPS are desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in a science or engineering discipline would be advantageous.
• Eligibility for Security Check (SC) clearance is a requirement
• Some travel within UK

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The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.