Category Management Buyer

An opportunity has arisen to join a high performing Category Management team as a Buyer. The Category Management team work in a fast paced, challenging environment and this role would be well suited to anyone who is pro-active, keen to learn and wants to be part of a successful, inclusive team. The successful candidate, when joining, would have a structured face to face induction into the Category Management team, which includes being assigned a buddy and being provided training by most members of the team, allowing them to build relationships early and learn effectively.

• Issue and analyse Invitation to Tenders (ITT's)
• Vetting of responses
• Make sourcing recommendations as appropriate and identify risks
• Draft, issue and administer purchase orders in Purchase to Payment/Exostar (P2P) system and/or other authorised Purchase mechanisms
• Process Requisitions in Purchase to Payment/Exostar (P2P) system and/or other authorised Purchase mechanisms in accordance with LMUK Acquisition Procedures
• Conduct negotiations under the review of senior members of the Commercial team or support negotiations led by senior Commercial team members:
• Participate as appropriate planning and approval process for negotiation
• Prepare and complete negotiations within approved limits and in a timely manner
• Participate and lead as appropriate fact finding, negotiation and follow up activity
• Negotiate non-standard agreements with support as appropriate
• Provide support and assistance to Category and Team leads as appropriate.
• Prepare and/or assist in preparation of written correspondence, presentations, reports and contract summaries and briefs management on related issues.
• Accuracy and attention to detail to follow set processes
• Maintain the official records of negotiation and accurate files of all correspondence and contract etc
• Draft, manage, and monitor Non-Disclosure Agreements and letters using the company templates, under the guidance of a commercial lead.
• Generate reports, as necessary in support of Procurement and Vendor performance monitoring.

Required skills, qualifications and experience

• P2P, Exostar, & SAP Procurement experience
• Previous experience of working in a busy business environment with the ability to prioritise and calmly work under pressure
• Good attention to detail and diligent in ensuring accuracy
• Flexibility to work multiple tasks concurrently
• Able to demonstrate computer competency and be able to work within various contracts and financial systems to update, maintain or extract contract data. PC literate: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email protocol
• Punctual and reliable

Lockheed Martin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and reflect our values of doing what's right, respecting others and performing with excellence. By engaging with all our employees' diverse talents and experiences every day, we can innovate different and better, creating cutting edge solutions and unparalleled customer value.

We know that diversity of thought leads to better solutions for our customers. Our top priority is finding the best candidate for the job and if you are interested in the position, we'd love to hear how you might contribute to our mission and our team and would encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of the criteria set out in our job advert. In addition, we are committed to inclusion of all individuals and will make reasonable adjustments to our applications process.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by Optamor Limited. Optamor is a specialist Recruitment Process Outsourcing provider. We provide a flexible full recruitment solution which takes care of all recruitment requirements from planning to on-boarding. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.