Project Buyer

As a Project Buyer, you'll play a critical role in driving material readiness for new programme milestones, ensuring the right parts are sourced, ordered, and delivered on time to support development, testing, and certification phases. You'll collaborate closely with all departments, including engineering and programme teams, to transform requirements into clear purchasing actions; managing suppliers, RFP/Q processes, and purchase orders The Project Buyer is a dynamic, hands‑on role where you'll be the link between programme needs and supplier performance, helping to keep complex projects moving smoothly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Keep track and report all purchased material needs across development, testing, and PDR/CDR stages, keeping everything on schedule
• Run RFP/RFQ activities, review supplier quotes, and support choosing the right partners using engineering and programme data
• Raise purchase orders through MRP and work closely with suppliers to ensure materials arrive on time, in full, and to the quality expected
• Tackle any material or invoice issues to keep the programme moving and maintain strong performance against KPIs
• Keep the team informed by creating clear purchasing health reports and dashboards for IPT and leadership reviews
• Keep costs on track by monitoring spend against budgets, spotting cost avoidance opportunities, and managing approvals for long lead items
• Oversee programme inventory, from tracking and disposition to arranging transport or airfreight when required

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• Proven experience in a fast paced Project/Programme Buying role
• Demonstrable technical understanding - including the ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Understanding of manufacturing, supply chain, or new product introduction (NPI) processes
• Experience working MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and ERP tools
• Proven problem solving skills with a proactive, solution focused mindset

Safran is an international high‑technology group operating in the fields of aerospace (propulsion, equipment and interiors), space and defense. Its mission is to contribute sustainably to a safer world, where air transport becomes ever more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Present on every continent, the Group employs 110,000 people and generated €31.3 billion in revenue in 2025. Safran holds, either independently or through partnerships, leading global or European positions in its markets.

Safran was ranked second in the Aerospace & Defense sector in TIME magazine's ""World's Best Companies 2025"" ranking. With more than one million seats installed across the fleets of the world's leading airlines, Safran Seats is one of the global leaders in passenger, crew, aircraft and helicopter seating, delivering innovative, high value‑added solutions.

Safran - Here, we craft excellence together. At Safran, excellence is a journey - and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a trusted global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future where we can all succeed together through a shared vision.

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