Role: Senior Buyer (Defence)

Salary: Up to £45,000

Location: Kent

Are you a Buyer or Senior Buyer with strategic procurement experience gained in the Automotive or wider Manufacturing sectors? Are you motivated by the opportunity to play a key role in a global category team, with one of the worlds leading Defence sector brands?

Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for developing category strategies to ensure a robust and competitive supply chain.
• Ensure early engagement with engineering and suppliers to ensure we are sourcing the best products from the beginning of our projects.

• Manage multiple resource / capacity projects.
• Identify and drive cost reduction activities across the business.
• Responsible for leading contractual negotiations (Long Term / Development / Warranty Agreements etc)
• Develop and lead global supplier relationships to deliver tangible mutual benefits.
• Work with suppliers and engineering to identify new technologies to reduce cost and or add additional value to our machines.

Experience:

• Significant procurement experience gained within Manufacturing/Engineering..
• Experience developing and implementing global category strategies.
• Confident negotiator with a proven record of creating cost ideas and delivering significant reductions.
• Experience managing multiple projects and co-ordinating cross functional teams to ensure on-time delivery.
• Ability to build strong internal relationships - preferably experience working closely with technical engineers.