**Barnstaple based (with a mix of office and home-based working)**

**£20k - £25k **per annum. **DOE + Benefits inc. half day Friday, flexi time**, hybrid working patterns and more.**

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**We are SEA.**

**Engineered to protect. We protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.**

**Be part of something bigger.**

We are a growing 300+ talented team delivering products and solutions for the defence and transport industries, that make our world a safer, cleaner, and more efficient place to live.

Together, we are renowned for our innovation, flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking, winning awards for both our people and our products.

Our people are getting the most out of their career. Our people push the boundaries of engineering. Our people deliver operational advantage for our customers across the world. Our people are doing their best work. All within a supportive, flexible working environment that stretches, develops, and rewards.

**Join us.**

Our defence team manufactures and supports a wide range of solutions used by navies across the world. Our intelligent systems provide agile solutions in nature’s most challenging environment, to deliver a rapid response to ever-evolving surface, subsurface and air threats.

We have an impactful and exciting opportunity for a Junior Buyer to join our Barnstaple team, supporting the Senior Buyer & Buyer with daily procurement tasks, place and expedite purchase orders for the business, whilst ensuring that best value procurement is undertaken and that materials, products or services are fit for purpose, available within the timescales required and comply with overall SEA governance.

**What you’ll do**
- Source products or services, in line with production demand raised from ERP
- system or purchase requests raised from other business areas.
- Obtain competitive quotations through requests or tenders
- Negotiate and agree individual orders or contracts e.g. Price, Quantity, Services, Delivery, Quality, Time Scales etc
- Develop strong relationships with our suppliers to ensure that our business goals
- are achieved
- Carry out any other tasks as required by the Supply Chain Manager appropriate to the job function.

**What you’ll bring**
- Have good interpersonal skills and ability to engage with key stakeholders across the organisation
- Proactive attitude to problem solving to ensure on time delivery
- A desire to learn the procurement processes
- Resilient and calm under pressure with the ability to work to tight deadlines

**What we offer you**

Our people make us the positive force that we are, leaders within a highly competitive sector. We are inspired by the knowledge, ingenuity and commitment that enables us to deliver for our customers and the world we live in. We recognise the part you play.

Your work, your contribution, deserves to be recognised and rewarded. Take a look at everything we offer you, everything we’ll do for you and yours - **benefits your way.**

**Work life balance**:

- Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
- Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
- Half day Fridays
- Reservist in the armed forces receive special paid leave

**Family & wellbeing**:

- Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
- Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellbeing centre
- Sports & Social activities
- Employee Discounts portal - online and instore discounts, travel savings etc
- Canada Life GP and financial advice
- Life assurance policy
- Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
- Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning

**Facilities & resources**:

- Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
- Private seated lunch areas
- Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
- Onsite showers and toiletries provision
- Free onsite parking

**Helping you to get the most out of your career with SEA**

We want you to feel like you belong at SEA. To have everything you need to do the best work of your career. To contribute, to make a difference. To be proud of what you do and everything we collectively deliver to our customers. **Big ask, but a big opportunity.**

To find out more about careers at SEA, click here.

**Join us, and be part of something smaller - with 300 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters.**

If you would like an informal chat, please **call Kelly, our Recruitment Business Partner on 01373852083**

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