Buyer

**Role**:Buyer

**Rate of Pay**:£32.00 - £36.00 per hour (using an Umbrella Company)

**Location**:Filton - hybrid working 60% onsite as a minimum

**Working Pattern**:Standard 35 hours across 4.5 days (working between 7-7 at business discretion)

**Travel**:Occasional travel within UK/Europe maybe

**Role Overview**:
Airbus Procurement Organisation manages commercial agreements with all external suppliers. Equipment Procurement is largely responsible for procurement of complex, high value aircraft systems. This role is within the team responsible for Landing Gear Systems Procurement.

The job holder is responsible for management of a number of contracts and commercial agreements across Airbus Programmes, within a sub-Commodity group within the Landing Gear Systems Commodity team and MFT.

**Responsibilities**:

- Work with in house and supplier based multifunctional teams to deliver business results.
- Ensure the commercial integrity of agreements for new or existing Equipment and Systems requirements.
- Drafting of Contract Amendments and changing key commercial terms within a long-term agreement.
- Be responsible for leading negotiations on contract development, supplier and Airbus claims or retrofit actions.
- Ensure supplier programme developments are achieved to time and cost, incorporating applicable processes.
- Design and deliver cost reduction programmes with AIRBUS suppliers.
- Assisting a team of buyers with commercial contract updates.
- Supporting robust, cross-functional, collaborative working relationships between AIRBUS Procurement, in house and supplier based teams.
- Commercial management of new and existing developments programmes.
- Support and implement AIRBUS Supply Chain policy and strategy with suppliers.
- Lead negotiations to ensure best pricing and contract terms.
- Identifying value creation opportunities on existing contracts and maximising purchasing leverage on new programmes, negotiate these with suppliers.
- Ensure working practices are aligned to AIRBUS UK Equipment Procurement processes and procedures.
- Delivery of Commercial agreements to support MISP projects.
- Delivery of robust Supply Chain Programme Management, reflecting agreed supply chain strategy.
- Ensuring project commercial budget challenges are met.
- Ensuring delivery of optimum supply chain pricing and contractual terms.
- To satisfy customers and programme directorate requirements.
- To support M.F.T. expectations.

**Skill Set**:
**Essential**:

- Good contractual and commercial background with technical knowledge.
- High capability for negotiation of contractual documents.
- Proven ability in team working and influencing skills.
- Experience of delivering projects within a Procurement environment.
- Multicultural working experience.
- Working knowledge of computer office IT systems.

**Desirable**:

- CIPS qualification.

**TARCG is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 9 months

**Salary**: £32.00-£36.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Work from home

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Filton, Gloucestershire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location