Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a market leading Aerospace organisation, to recruit a Buyer for an initial duration until the end of 2024. There would be a hybrid working arrangement in place with 3 days a week onsite in Filton and 2 days a week working from home. As the role has been deemed Inside IR35, we can offer an hourly rate of either 37.04 Per hour through an Umbrella Company or 28 Per Hour PAYE for the successful candidate.
Please find the job description below:
• Management and execution of the procurement strategy for some improvement projects aligned with the Fuel MDT (Multi-Divisional and Multi-functional team dedicated to Fuel scope), including the relationship management with associated key-stakeholders similar activities to be conducted on Energy scope, on demand.
• Use General Procurement tools in the process to support CFTs including in particular: Sourcing / tender tool, Contract tool, and Purchase order system.
• Manage internal alignment and approvals of internal key milestones with the General Procurement organisation.
• Ensure that deliverables can be managed and driven by implementation of contractual terms (cost, time, quality and associated Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
• Secure effective commercial relationship with suppliers to secure work with best-in-class suppliers and protect my client from contractual risks.
• Through effective execution of the projects deliver my client&8217;s key objectives.
Procurement Support role
• Support MDT reviews and workshops, understand and contribute towards project objectives.
• Support international and cross-divisional CFT’s during preparation, negotiations, selection and contracting phases.
• Specific objectives as included in the lead role above as agreed with Project Procurement lead.
• Creation and administration of tenders utilising company CFT and Sourcing tools.
• Facilitate, coordination and support MDT and Supplier engagements.
• Collection, distribution and analysis of tender bidder proposal material.
• Contribution towards creation of documents supporting Steering reviews, Milestone gate approvals, Final approvals.
• Facilitate and coordinate key Supplier reviews.
Main Activities:
• Execute and support procurement strategy in the improvement projects for which the jobholder is responsible Procurement lead or support role. Execution to include A-Z implementation of Procurement process from Strategy deployment, (support to) CFT development, negotiations to contract sign off.
• Ensure validation by the relevant MFT and following implementation of such category’s strategies.
• Drive compliant General Procurement processes in the framework of the category’s strategies, scope of sub-commodity, for the various sites covered by GP (General Procurement), to avoid legal risks.
• Provide guidance, strategies update and process information to Business Operations to ensure correct execution of transactional procurement activities aligned with the categories` strategies to meet customer satisfaction.
• Participate in the definition of sub-commodity and commodity trans-national, trans-divisional procurement strategies by providing benchmark actions and projects.
• Support preparation, execution and evaluation of Call for Tenders
• Support the MDT Leader in the governance of the programme consisting of several sourcing projects.
Outputs
• Improvement projects and CFT are delivered on time, on quality and within budget, in compliance with category strategy objectives.
• Procurement support roles are delivered according to agreed objectives.
• Efficient, controlled and developed supply chain with trans-national supplier panels and competitive bidder lists in line with category procurement strategy.
• Trans-national and/ or trans-divisional supplier contracts are properly negotiated and managed based on GP contract policy with the objective to reduce risks to my client.
• Internal Customers’ satisfaction continuous improvement.
• Proper and adequate communication/reporting.
• Corporate Instructions and Processes are known and followed to ensure compliance and reduce risk.
Professional skills:
• Excellent (project) leadership skills to motivate cross-functional project teams in situations of often conflicting objectives (internal customer, supplier, budget)
• Advanced stakeholder management, negotiation, persuasion skills
• Good knowledge about procurement contracts
• Ideally experience in indirect procurement categories
• Strong business analytical skills (business case studies, financial KPI …)
• Good communication and influencing skills
• Good conflict management and conflict resolving skills
• Good organisation skills
• 3 to 5 years of experience, preferably within procurement
• Experience in leading MFT and improvement projects for procurement.
• Project Management experience
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