Buyer, procurement & supply chain
Getting parts bought and made to a calendar that does not move.
Adverts for this work usually name: SAP / IFS ERP, CIPS.
Who comes into this from somewhere else
Ranked by how much of the job carries over. Our judgement, not a measurement, and it is here to tell you where to start looking.
From Aerospace & defence
Buying machined and composite parts from the same subcontractors motorsport uses. Often the same suppliers.
Nothing standing in the wayFrom Automotive (volume)
Supplier management, cost negotiation and technical buying transfer directly. The volumes are smaller and the lead times shorter.
Nothing standing in the wayFrom Construction & building services
Negotiation, supplier vetting and purchase-to-pay are the job. Engineering drawings and precision parts are the delta.
What you would need to add
The procurement profession’s qualification. Buyer and category adverts ask for it or for progress towards it.
The enterprise system a team runs stores, purchasing and planning through. Adverts for buyers, planners and stores staff name the package.
From Retail & FMCG
Planning against a fixed, immovable date is exactly the race calendar problem.
Nothing standing in the wayOpen right now in this discipline
What is open, in how many places, and how much of it asks for no degree. Who each role is with and whether it is open to you is worked out once you sign in, and we ask before putting you forward.