New Program Buyer

3 days ago

Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom Safran Electrical & Power UK Full time

**New Program Buyer**

**Pitstone, Tring, Hertfordshire**
**£ Competitive**
8% Bonus, Excellent Pension, 33 Days Holiday, BUPA, Dental

**Skills**: SAP, Purchasing, NPI, Engineering, Relationship building, Supply chain management, Negotiating, Analytical, Data visualisation and presenting

At Safran Electrical & Power, we recognise that aviation needs to innovate and change in order to protect our environment. We believe that future aircraft power systems will be hybrid-electric or full-electric, which is why we are working to develop and deliver advanced electrical solutions to help decarbonise flight. In addition to supporting the next generation of traditional aircraft, we are also working to support new VTol (Vertical Take-off and landing) products, light jets and urban mobility solutions that will revolutionise the way we fly.

If you want to help deliver this future, we are looking for enthusiastic and creative people to join our team.

The UK Safran Electrical & Power team has expertise in designing and developing electrical systems comprising generators, power conversion, distribution and control, with developing expertise in electric motors for aircraft propulsion.

As a New Program Buyer at Safran Electrical & Power you will manage and coordinate new programs and projects for Safran, whilst building positive relationships with vendors and suppliers, securing the best quality programs in the aerospace industry. You will manage and align core commodity strategies, greatly contributing to supplier selection and the development of future product roadmaps to ensure high quality output for ongoing and future programs. You will work closely with the engineering team to ensure design evolutions and developments correspond with manufacturing lead times.

**The Role**
- Manage and facilitate all sourcing activity, aligning core commodity strategies with supplier selection.
- Coordinate and manage new programs at the site, building robust and solid relationships with high quality vendors and suppliers.
- Ensure design evolutions synchronise with from initial concept through to new product introduction phases.
- Work with Supplier Account Manager and Commodity Manager to negotiate prices, terms, conditions and agreements.
- Follow a robust design-to-cost methodology, challenging design requirements to ensure they correspond with program and product roadmaps.
- Escalate, when appropriate, any significant issues that require management intervention or awareness.
- Work with suppliers to resolve any issues impacting performance, such as quality discrepancies.
- Coordinate with the purchasing teams and vendors to enable robust and efficient supply chains.
- Report and present program reviews to various stakeholders.

**Desirable Experience**
- Purchasing or sourcing experience within a manufacturing or aerospace environment beneficial.
- Demonstrable productive influencing capabilities which can be applied within an engineering, design or manufacturing environment.
- Astute commercial awareness.
- Versatility in dealing with different cultures and across different time zones.
- Experience liaising with suppliers and customers, with a background in negotiating.
- Experience with data visualisation and presentations.

Evidence of written English at interview stage.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Leighton Buzzard: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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