NPD Procurement Leader

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced New Product Development (NPD) Procurement Lead to join John Crane on a permanent basis.
This role will be based from either our Slough (UK) or Lutin (Cz) with collaboration across our global sites including Europe.

In this role you will act as the procurement subject matter expert across new product development programmes supporting projects from early concept through to product launch and stabilisation. You will work closely with Engineering R&D Product Management Quality Operations and Category Management to ensure robust sourcing strategies early supplier involvement and successful commercialisation of new products.

Reporting into Procurement Excellence you will play a critical role in ensuring that supplier capability cost risk and leadtime are optimised across all NPD stagegate milestones.

This is an excellent opportunity for a procurement professional who enjoys working in a highly technical engineeringled environment and wants to have a direct impact on innovation product introduction and longterm business performance.

John Crane is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

Duties & Responsibilities (not limited to)

• Act as the primary procurement representative for assigned New Product Development projects
• Support sourcing activities across all NPD gates from market concept through to launch and endoflife planning
• Collaborate with Engineering R&D Product Management Quality Operations and Category Managers to define sourcing strategies and supplier requirements
• Conduct market and technology screening to identify suitable suppliers materials and emerging technologies
• Enable early supplier involvement to support designformanufacture cost optimisation and risk reduction
• Lead commercial negotiations for prototypes tooling and preseries components
• Support makeorbuy assessments and value engineering initiatives
• Coordinate supplier qualification activities alongside Quality Engineering and Sustainability teams
• Ensure NDAs and relevant documentation are in place before quotation and sourcing activities begin
• Act as the key interface between suppliers and internal stakeholders throughout the NPD lifecycle
• Track procurement milestones risks and deliverables within project governance forums
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies ESG commitments and regulatory requirements
• Provide cost forecasts supply risk assessments and supplier performance updates to project teams
• Contribute to continuous improvement within Procurement Excellence

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Procurement Engineering or a related discipline
• Significant experience in technical procurement ideally within engineered products industrial equipment or mechanical components
• Strong experience supporting New Product Development or innovation projects
• Solid understanding of manufacturing processes materials and mechanical systems (e.g. machining metals seals engineered components)
• Confident engaging and influencing stakeholders across engineering quality operations and suppliers
• Comfortable working in a projectbased stagegate environment with multiple workstreams
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fastpaced international environment
• Strong communication negotiation and stakeholdermanagement skills
• A proactive handson approach with a strong sense of ownership and accountability

Additional Information :

With colleagues stretching across the globe we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans Pride Network Black Employee Network Network and Neurodiversity. 

Across our company we recognize excellence culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities people and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day a global celebration of Smiths around our network. 

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits while helping engineer a better future. 

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin economic status disability age or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics where we celebrate support and embrace diversity.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time