A well-known Aerospace organisation are currently seeking an experienced Buyer to join a growing purchasing team in Gloucester.
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Role: Buyer
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Duration: 6-month contract
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Pay: Up to 25 p/hr (Inside IR35)
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Location: Gloucester (Fully onsite)
This role will play a key part in supporting the business by sourcing goods and services under optimum conditions of cost, quality, delivery, and compliance, while ensuring a smooth end-to-end Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage purchasing activities within your scope, from sourcing through to contract management
- Lead supplier tendering, evaluation, and selection processes
- Negotiate commercial terms and support the drafting of supplier contracts
- Build and maintain effective supplier relationships
- Consolidate supplier performance assessments across quality, logistics, and cost
- Drive supplier improvement and cost-reduction action plans
- Maintain accurate purchasing data within procurement systems
- Identify and resolve issues and disputes in a proactive manner
- Support sourcing start-up activities and supplier onboarding
You will work closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers, contributing to supplier performance, cost optimisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Requirements:
- Experience within Aerospace, Defence or similar environments
- Proven knowledge of purchasing methodologies and P2P processes
- Experience working within a purchasing team using procurement information systems
- Strong numerical and analytical skills
- Indirect purchasing experience
- Good understanding of industrial, purchasing, and contractual/legal principles
- Proven ability to prioritise tasks and manage tasks across multiple sites.
This is a fantastic role for a proven Buyer within the Aerospace sector who's comfortable dealing with multiple stakeholders, complex tender requests and has indirect purchasing experience.
If you're an experienced Buyer, happy to be fully onsite in Gloucester and looking for a new role in the Aerospace sector, apply now!