Procurement Buyer

Support services business operating within the defence sector require a Procurement Buyer. Applicants should have experience in procurement, ideally as a Buyer (direct or indirect) within a regulated environment; aerospace, defence, or public sector organisation.

The Procurement Buyer will join a multi-disciplined Procurement team providing the business with a full lifecycle procurement offering from; tendering, purchase order management, supplier onboarding/management and contracts management. The Procurement Buyer will support day-to-day execution of procurement operations, alongside contributing to broader commercial and contract management strategies.

Specific duties of the Procurement Buyer include:

• Purchase and Word order placement in SAP
• Front-end sourcing and tendering activities; supplier selection, invitation, tender and evaluation
• Supplier onboarding and due diligence activities
• Managing and monitoring of supplier, supply chain and contracts performance
• Ownership of procurement department data to identify saving opportunities, and strong/poor supplier performance
• Stakeholder engagement - understand procurement strategies and encourage governance and compliance with procurement procedures, policies and systems

Procurement Buyer applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Previous experience in procurement, supply chain, supplier or contract management role
• Experience in or affinity too; aerospace, defence, public sector or engineering industry
• Relationship-building skills, internally with stakeholders and externally with suppliers and supply chain partners
• Previous experience with procurement systems, e-sourcing tools or procurement within a matrix structure
• An appreciation of full lifecycle procurement activities from tendering, negotiations to SRM and contract management