Senior Sub Contract Buyer

Morson Edge currently have an opportunity for a Senior Sub Contract Buyer to work on behalf of our aerospace client in Edinburgh. This is initially a 6 month contract.

MAIN ACTIVITIES AND TASKS

• Coordinate and manage the procurement processes of goods, professional and other services, components and materials, in line with current strategies, procedures and operational plans
  Operational management of purchases related to the product categories under responsibility (e.g., monitoring Requisitions, issuing Orders), as well as program procurement management within IPTs
• Collect technical and commercial requirements in order to select suppliers
• Create documents, manage supplier qualifications and notification to conduct RFx
• Negotiate to capture the maximum value from each qualified supplier and bid
• Understand negotiations strategy, scenario modelling and cost/benefit trade off of commercial terms
• Contribute to the negotiation of price and T&Cs with suppliers, supervise the process of defining the related procurement contracts, ensuring the contracts documents release
• Automate purchase orders emission in case of predetermined, existing contracts
• Manage changes, renewal and termination of existing contracts
• Receive Purchase Requisitions and verify the information completeness to transform it into a Purchase Order
• Use of technology, when appropriate, to issue automatic orders against blanket PO, track PO status, and reconcile PO discrepancies
• Issue purchase orders, respecting the requirements received from the internal customer and manage any order variations
• Monitor, update and enforce contracts

What you will bring:

• Responsible for putting in place the appropriate Commercial Agreements, including but not limited to, internal and external Customer flow downs, NDA’s, TAA’s and Export Licences etc.
• Prepare the relevant Request For Quotation and Contract documentation packs such as Bid Packs, Contractual Terms, Price Agreements and Statements of Work.
• Responsible for creating and presenting Contract Compliance packs for internal audit and to external Government bodies or their Agencies.
• Market analysis of Supplier pricing to ensure price reasonableness is achieved and reported (benchmarking).
• Plan and execute cost negotiation of Supplier pricing and provide reporting for internal / external Audit.
• Provide analysis of material pricing to support the Product Cost Review Boards for NPI, with a view to highlighting cost reduction opportunities in line with declared project / product targets.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering to understand our product route maps so market research can be undertaken to identify capable and sustainable sources of supply.
• Identify and encourage Supplier competition for material requirements, utilising the Supply Review Board (SRB) process as an enabler.
• Responsible for the management of Supplier delivery performance of Contracts throughout the Contract lifecycle in line with defined Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
• Responsible for managing the material budget associated with these requirements, reporting on aspects such as Revenue Forecasting and Estimate to Complete.
• Identify and manage risk and opportunity, working collaboratively with Suppliers and other IPT members.
• Deploy the appropriate SAP activity in order to carry out your job effectively, especially in relation to the creation of compliant Contracts

It would be nice if you had;

• CIPS preferred but not essential
• Working knowledge of Trade / Export Compliance

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Good Negotiation skills.
• Ability to influence
• Team Player
• Analytical Mind
• Numerate
• Attention to detail
• Good Communication skills (written & oral)
• IT literate (MS Office & SAP knowledge preferred)
• Organised
• Innovative
• Questioning
• Multi-Tasker

• Exposure to / understanding of Contract Terms & Conditions

Hours – 37 hours per week, 5 days

SC Cleared

Regular Remote Worker (~20% onsite) upon completion of training

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