Senior Buyer - Bids & Programmes

Buyer - Bidding & Programmes Award Winning Procurement Function - Aerospace & Defence - London/Swindon- £40 - 50K + Package

Contact: JobsAV@bramwithconsutlng.co.uk

Award winning procurement function within a leading Aerospace & Defence organisation aggressively seeks a smart, innovative procurement specialist to join their bids teams across a range of exciting £multi-million projects.

With an excellent training scheme and a pre-mapped route to procurement leadership, this is an excellent opportunity for any ambitious procurement specialist. You will be working within a close-knit team with an outstanding reputation for staff development and a high-percentage of home-grown Directors.

On offer is a tailored career development path, centred on your individual skillset, in an organisation renowned for its agile company culture and meritocratic work environment.

As a Buyer you will:

• Working as part of the bids team you will be accountable for incorporating procurement strategy into bid projects to ensure effective outcomes that help secure customer bids
• Developing a subcontracting plan and incorporating this into the preparation of procurement strategy
• Preparing procurement strategy and documents including data collection and analysis, communicating effectively with suppliers
• Developing, implementing and managing customer management plans to build & ensure good working relationships with staff, subcontractors and suppliers
• Acting as the Subject Matter Expert and focal point on all Procurement and Supply Chain related issues
• Leading the required tendering, negotiation, placement and contract of major subcontracts for defined areas of responsibility
• Setting up, developing and implementing contract management protocols for major contracts

Required qualifications & experience: -

• 2-3+ years Procurement / Strategic Sourcing / Category Management experience, with a CV that details commercial achievements (cost savings & avoidance, risk mitigation, supplier relationship and performance improvement, stakeholder engagement)
• Knowledge of the bid process ideal but not required
• Understanding and experience of working within an aerospace / defence organisation
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes or regulatory requirements desired not essential
• Procurement / strategic sourcing / buying experience within complex global organisations
• Degree & CIPS qualifications preferred though not essential

This is a fantastic opportunity to become a part of a growing, award winning procurement function. You will enjoy a friendly and professional work environment and have a fast-track promotion route.

To apply or enquire further, please send a copy of your cv to jobsAV@bramwithconsutling.co.uk

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