Buyer - Junior
Role Overview: Our client is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Buyer to join our team.
The successful candidate will perform strategic procurement activities for Fuel (CAF, SAF, and Hydrogen) within the sub-commodity “Fuel and Energy.” This role involves a trans-national and trans-divisional approach, considering the entire General Procurement perimeter.
Main Activities:
- Execute and support procurement strategy in improvement projects, including the complete procurement process from strategy deployment, supporting CFT development, negotiations, to contract sign-off.
- Ensure validation and implementation of category strategies by the relevant MFT.
- Drive compliant procurement processes within the framework of category strategies to mitigate legal risks.
- Provide guidance and process information to Business Operations to ensure transactional procurement activities align with category strategies and meet customer satisfaction.
- Participate in defining sub-commodity and commodity procurement strategies by providing benchmark actions and projects.
- Support preparation, execution, and evaluation of Call for Tenders.
- Assist the MDT Leader in governing the program consisting of several sourcing projects.
Procurement Lead Role:
- Manage and execute procurement strategies for improvement projects aligned with the Fuel MDT, including managing relationships with key stakeholders.
Similar activities may be conducted for the Energy scope on demand. - Utilize General Procurement tools to support CFTs, including sourcing/tender tools, contract tools, and purchase order systems.
- Manage internal alignment and approvals of key milestones within the General Procurement organization.
- Ensure deliverables are managed and driven by the implementation of contractual terms, focusing on cost, time, quality, and associated KPIs.
- Secure effective commercial relationships with suppliers to work with best-in-class suppliers and protect from contractual risks.
- Effectively execute projects to deliver key objectives.
Procurement Support Role:
- Support MDT reviews and workshops, understanding and contributing to project objectives.
- Assist international and cross-divisional CFTs during preparation, negotiations, selection, and contracting phases.
- Support project procurement leads with specific objectives.
- Create and administer tenders utilizing CFT and sourcing tools.
- Facilitate, coordinate, and support MDT and supplier engagements.
- Collect, distribute, and analyze tender bidder proposal material.
- Contribute to the creation of documents supporting Steering reviews, milestone gate approvals, and final approvals.
- Facilitate and coordinate key supplier reviews.
Skill Set:
Essential:
- Excellent leadership skills to motivate cross-functional project teams in situations of often conflicting objectives.
- Advanced stakeholder management, negotiation, and persuasion skills.
- Strong knowledge of procurement contracts.
- Ideally, experience in indirect procurement categories.
- Strong business analytical skills (business case studies, financial KPIs).
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Strong conflict management and conflict resolution skills.
- Good organizational skills.
- 3 to 5 years of experience, preferably within procurement.
- Experience in leading MFT and improvement projects for procurement.
- Project management experience.
Why Join ?
- Be part of a global leader in the aerospace industry.
- Work in a dynamic and innovative environment.
- Enjoy opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Collaborate with a diverse team of professionals.
- Rate: £22.67 - £30.00 per hour
- Location: Filton, England
- Type: Contract
- Industry: Aerospace
- Recruiter: STR Group Limited
- Contact: Kate Dowden
- Tel: +44 (0)2392 322354
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- Posted: 2024-06-24 09:18:44 -
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