Job Description
Senior Sub-Contract Buyer
Location: Edinburgh
Contract Duration: 3-6 months (very likely to extend)
Working pattern: 4 days on site in Edinburgh, 1 day remote.
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Your impact
The role of a Senior Sub-Contract Buyer offers a wide variety of experiences and is both exciting and challenging in its nature. This role in particular represents a unique opportunity to contribute to the Laser and EO development projects.
This role will involve actively working in a Matrix organisation structure supporting a variety of complex assignments for Development Integrated Project Teams (IPT's) in the Laser and EO sector. The focus for this role will be the management of complex sub-contract commitments for requirements that require both tactical and strategic thinking.
The IPTs demand associated with Development continues to grow within the Laser & EO Sector and requires any individual successfully appointed able to translate complex, early concept customer requirements and ensure that these are carefully flowed down to subcontractors ensuring back-to-back campaigns and project execution. The ability to build, foster and create value with strategic partners and suppliers is essential.
What you'll bring
- Lead the delivery of sub-contract activities and other procurement related services which may be required by the business
- Lead relationships with suppliers, holding reviews, ensuring performance management, risks and impacts.
- Negotiate complex agreements and risk/reward mechanisms for business case models
- Translate customer/project requirements into commercial documents, particularly pertaining to the design, development and production of bespoke complex electronic systems and sub-systems
- Understand mechanisms of mitigating risk associated with entering into commercial agreements
- Develop and negotiate robust contracts for services, intangible and tangible deliverables
- Working in collaboration with cross functional stakeholders to ensure the flowdown of appropriate terms and conditions from customer contracts to enable compliance with contractual obligations and mitigate commercial/contractual risks
- Promotes customer intimacy in both internal and external relationships
- Focal point for project and suppliers regarding contract and supply base matters
- Drives and leads strategies to influence business decisions throughout the project life cycle
- Identify solutions for complex areas of potential risk/opportunity eg sub-contract risk, IPR, liability and exchange rate exposure etc. and deliver solutions/mitigations
You really must have:
- Requires technical training to degree standard, professional qualification and/or significant domain experience (studying towards or achievement of MCIPS is preferred)
- Demonstrated collaboration, communication, planning, problem solving, influencing, decision making and continuous improvement skills
- A good working knowledge and understanding of Procurement within the Defence/Aerospace industry (or a similar sector) and ability to apply them with minimal supervision and direction
Senior Sub-Contract Buyer in Edinburgh employer: Synergize Consulting Ltd
As a leading employer in the Defence and Government sector, we pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and innovative work culture that values technical expertise and professional growth. Our employees benefit from comprehensive training opportunities, competitive salaries, and a commitment to work-life balance, all while contributing to critical projects in highly secure environments. Join us in a role that not only challenges your skills but also offers the chance to make a meaningful impact in national security.
