Company Description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more productive, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.

- Key Responsibilities**

Supply Chain

- John Crane intercompany supplier performance on time to replenishment order request
- Review replenishment orders to ensure that all delivery dates can be met
- Determine information from SAP for standard products
- Resource stock held in the local store or other John Crane stocking locations
- Place replenishment orders as required
- Liaise with sales team to place Direct ship orders to CoE’s
- Make alternative arrangements where expediting information indicates a possibility of late delivery
- Ensure PO promise dates in SAP are up to date
- Active role in the pre-qualification of suppliers / subcontractors via MDM process




- Maintain the reporting and monitoring processes that measure stock values and stock buy-back values at our PP alliance plants with the objective of reducing stock balances and routinely informing Reliability customers about their stock buy-back value
- Monitor open POs and drive resolution with our vendors for both intercompany and external purchase orders in a timely manner and resolve any open items/issues that will drive an improvement of P2P cycle time
- Manage the 3 way match controls on our purchases to ensure a timely reconciliation with Goods receipt and Finance and correct any discrepancies
- Other duties as required

Qualifications

- Well developed computer skills
- A high proficiency in telephone communication skills, especially in dealing with suppliers
- Good client awareness and standards for customer service
- Places a high value on teamwork
- Personal behaviours that demonstrate adaptability, initiative, integrity and cross cultural and commercial awareness
- Ability to take responsibility and be accountable for actions to ensure client satisfaction at all times

Additional Information

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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