Senior Analyst - Procurement (ATMS) in Essex

Date Posted: 2026-10-21

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Glenrothes, Fife

Position Role Type: Onsite

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Car/Car allowance (dependant on grade/role)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity

Our Business: As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.

ATMS: Our ATMS business has heritage in the development, manufacture, sustainment and support of secondary surveillance radar technology. Our technology is relied upon to marshal more than two-thirds of the world’s air traffic due to its precision accuracy and ability to detect aircraft even within the most crowded airspace. Designed and manufactured in the UK, our products are exported globally to RTX customers in more than 45 countries.

Location(s): Glenrothes or Harlow (If Harlow, requirement to travel to Glenrothes for a two-week period for training)

Hybrid: Hybrid working - 3 days a week on site

Summary of Role: Executes and manages routine and non-routine procurements at low values and complexity e.g. build to print drawings and COTS equipment and services. Identifies and manages commercial risk. Leads or supports Contract Management activity in respect of responses for Requests for Proposals. Negotiates Purchase Orders and changes. Interfaces internally and externally. Contributes to Business Area strategies.

Main Duties (Leading and/or supporting):

• Consults with peers from other disciplines and businesses, as well as the Functional SLT.
• Sources, negotiates, awards, and documents purchases for materials, services, and supplies.
• Performs or supports cost and price analysis, develops negotiation strategies, and leads negotiations to create value-for-money outcomes for procuring goods and services.
• Supports early supplier identification and engagement for new business pursuits.
• Supports Supply Chain bid/proposal activities for strategic pursuits.
• Uses source selection techniques (e.g., best value, Total Cost of Ownership), performs cost analyses, conducts negotiations, and identifies supplier risks.
• Interfaces with Integrated Product Teams to understand and identify technical and programme challenges that may impact suppliers.
• Provides risk and opportunity analysis for early capture, particularly regarding the introduction of new suppliers, to mitigate risks associated with early supplier decisions.
• Ensures that requirements (e.g., prime contract, quality notes, terms, and conditions) are effectively communicated to suppliers.
• Manages supplier performance against cost, schedule, and quality requirements.
• Interfaces with internal and supplier cross-functional organisations.
• Assists in the development of bids and agreements.
• Executes to customer requirements, including government regulations, public law, and Raytheon policies and procedures.
• Actively promotes the contributions of the function in achieving corporate objectives across the organisation, with stakeholders and within the supply chain.
• Continually assesses and promotes sustainable and responsible procurement, including social, cultural, and diversity values within the organisation and throughout the supply chain.
• Facilitates relationships between programme office/functional organisations and suppliers.
• Uses project management skills and techniques when managing suppliers.
• Initiates and participates in supplier assessments and development activities.
• Participates in supplier and internal reviews, including Gates, MRBs, and EACs, as required.
• Produces support data or business cases/briefing materials for management reviews.
• Participates in or leads supplier assessments and supplier development activity teams, including the administration of appropriate due diligence activity.
• Maintains supplier scorecards, tracking performance metrics and driving continuous improvement.
• Manages the full purchase-to-pay (P2P) cycle, ensuring timely and compliant processing of orders from requisition through to payment.
• Issues Requests for Quotation (RFQs) and ensures pricing remains competitive through market analysis and supplier engagement.

Candidate Requirements:

Essential:

• Experience in Supply Chain, Subcontract Management, Procurement, Commodity, and/or related field
• Flexible and positive attitude
• Able to perform effectively in a multi-functional team.
• Excellent verbal and written communications
• Experience in or exposure to negotiating Low complexity non-standard agreements.
• Experience of problem solving and dispute resolution
• Experience or knowledge of MRP, SAP and purchase order placement/material receipt processes
• Administration of delivery/acceptance/invoicing of goods and services

Desirable:

• Experience as Control Account Manager
• Experience in proposal and programme governance activities
• Experience of developing and managing Supplier Relationship Management and collaborative working
• Related degree//MCIPS/BA/MBA or equivalent
• Experience of programme management skills (IPDS/Risk Management/Programme Gating/Metrics/SOW Development/Business Finance)
• Knowledge of import/export legislation and logistical requirements
• Experience of collaborating with international suppliers/programmes
• Process improvement skills

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.