Buyer - Tewkesbury, United Kingdom - Babcock International

Babcock International

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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Buyer:

Location: Gloucester, GB, GL20 8LZ
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Job Title: Buyer

Location:
Tewkesbury, UK - Hybrid - Work from home options available

Compensation:
Competitive

Role Type:
Full time / Permanent

Role ID:
SF50783;

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Buyer at our Ashchurch site.

The role
As a Buyer, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary.

Mission Systems enable our customers to deliver their mission, through our products and solutions, using intelligence and analysis and delivering critical communication services.

Our aim is to be at the centre of our customers' modern digital backbone by connecting and delivering sensors, decision support, and air effectors across military and business domains.

Day to day, you will help generate significant value for the business by reducing the total cost of bought in goods and services and manage supplier relationships to increase the overall value derived from the supply chain.

Prepare, issue and review supplier RFQ's, recommending preferred options to the relevant stakeholders
Converting purchase requisitions to purchase orders and issuing to suppliers, negotiating appropriate T&C's for the protection of the organisation
Manage and develop supplier relationships
Proactive supplier order book management activities

Essential experience of the Buyer,

Must have a flexible approach to workload, confident reading and understanding technical drawings and ability to communicate complex requirements to/from supply chain.
Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business
Must have a good understanding of complex manufacturing processes and principles
Must be selfmotivated with a flexible approach to workload
A good understanding of the Company business and objectives
Working knowledge of and experience in Microsoft Excel, Word, Power point and IFS (desirable)

The role is full time at thirty-seven hours per week.

This position has a hybrid working arrangement of one to two days a week on-site, with the remaining to be completed from home.

Qualifications for the Buyer,

A recognised degree level qualification and/or relevant engineering/supply chain/lean culture experience.
Membership of a relevant professional body, e.g. CIPS at level Four or above
Procurement experience, ideally in an operational procurement environment
Experience in sourcing new materials and services

Our Benefits

Generous holiday allowance
Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
Employee share scheme
Employee shopping savings portal
Payment of Professional Fees
Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement

- 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

For the full extensive Benefits package please visit our Careers pages

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

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