Buyer

7 months ago


Fareham, United Kingdom Meggitt Full time

**Buyer**:

- Requisition ID: 118890- Business Unit: Airframe Systems Fareham (1200)- Location: Fareham, HAM, United Kingdom, PO15 5TTWe are a global leader in the research, design, integration, manufacture, certification, and lifetime service of flight control, hydraulic, fuel and inerting, fluid conveyance, thermal management, lubrication, and pneumatic systems and components for aerospace and other high-technology markets. We support the world’s aircraft and aero engine manufacturers, providing a century of experience and innovation for commercial and military aircraft.

Joining our team means you’re helping to deliver our purpose of ‘Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow’. A career at Parker Meggitt offers boundless potential for professional and personal growth. You will work alongside the brightest minds in the world, help develop innovative technology and products and contribute to our company’s goal of solving the world’s greatest engineering challenges.

We have succeeded in employing the top talent in the industry by focusing our hiring efforts on the individual, not the job description. If you are an inquisitive thinker with great ideas and a desire to succeed, we will find the perfect spot for you on our team.

**Job Summary**:
This position is responsible for managing and supporting both NPI and Operational procurement within a fast-paced environment.

The role will consist of creating the weekly supplier schedule reports, securing acknowledgements from the sub-suppliers, maintaining MRP records accordingly and expediting all parts to ensure we deliver to the system dates, monitoring / reporting allocated performance KPI’s. Obtaining quotations, raising purchase orders, maintaining the costing databases and supporting the overall purchasing function with ongoing projects.

It is expected that the buyer will have knowledge & experience of working with, managing and developing suppliers to support the current & future business needs. As a buyer it is also expected that they will be experienced in reducing / eliminating risk and ensuring continuity of parts supply from sub-suppliers identifying cost reduction opportunities that support the direct and indirect cost reduction targets.

It is ideal that they would have experience of framework agreements (LTA) and the key elements that will be expected from suppliers when these are executed. The ability to understand and interpret engineering drawings is advantageous.

**Core Responsibilities**:

- Working closely with engineering on NPI projects whilst being the main procurement point of contact
- Creating the weekly supplier schedule reports
- Securing acknowledgements from the sub-suppliers
- Maintaining MRP records
- Expediting all parts to ensure we hit the system dates
- Obtaining quotations, raising purchase orders, maintaining the costing databases and supporting the overall purchasing function with ongoing projects.
- Working with suppliers to support the current & future business needs.
- Reducing / eliminating risk and ensuring continuity of parts supply from sub-suppliers
- Identifying cost reduction opportunities that support the direct and indirect cost reduction targets.
- Liaise with stores/production to arrange sub contract operations as required.
- Investigating and resolving invoice queries

**Skills, Knowledge & Abilities**:

- Minimum 5 years experience within tactical purchasing and supply chain
- CIPS qualified
- Knowledge and experience within supply chain, a successful track record of negotiating with a variety of suppliers, using different approaches & methodologies
- Good Risk management mindset, proactive in identifying and dealing with potential business risks
- Experienced in procuring parts from commodity suppliers & also specialist manufacturers making customs parts or those suppliers providing specialist services
- Proactively seeking out new opportunities for the business to reduce cost & lead-time
- Organized & professional individual, experienced in communicating clearly and accurately with all stakeholders
- Experienced in procurement best practices and experienced in executing the business purchasing strategy
- Good interpersonal and communication skills with ability to drive tasks to completion
- Experience of operating within a matrix organization /ability to manage expectations of multiple stakeholders
- Proficient in using an ERP System, experienced in the use of SAP or similar system

Parker Meggitt is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and beliefs define who we are as a business. We strongly believe that building a culture of respect and appreciation, will give everyone the opportunity to recognize their full potential.


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