Procurement Manager

7 days ago

Hastings, East Sussex, United Kingdom General Dynamics Mission Systems-Canada Full time
Job Title: Procurement Manager

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products, and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment, and transparency.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Procurement Manager to lead our procurement teams and ensure the skills, capability, and processes needed to support the business unit's financial and strategic goals. The successful candidate will work closely with the Head of Supply Chain and other senior stakeholders to develop long-term people development, process, and technology deployment strategies.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and coordinate procurement team activities to successfully support commodity and service procurement requirements of internal customers, primarily manufacturing and development/IRAD.
  • Manage all indirect and direct commodity procurement.
  • Review and negotiate terms and conditions to ensure the business is legally covered, de-risked, and profitable.
  • Focusing on cost savings/avoidance through supplier cost negotiation, process improvements/enhancements, utilizing the AWAR and design to cost processes.
  • Manage supplier performance with regard to Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
  • Manage SCM risk and opportunity management process to provide an analytical approach to identifying risk, assess impact, develop mitigation strategies, and understand trends to predict future risk and opportunities.
Requirements
  • Strategic procurement and subcontract management experience ideally in the aerospace, defence, government, or project-driven manufacturing environment.
  • Working in the tactical environments (what needs to be done now to achieve the current business objectives) and the strategic environment (establishing and aligning the team around strategic business objectives).
  • Challenging the norm, identifying, influencing, and managing 'best practice' change implementation of processes and procedures.
  • Clearly articulating issues and possible solutions.
  • Strong negotiation skills to clearly demonstrate cost savings and margin improvement.
  • Leadership through influence and effective conflict resolution.
  • Strong financial experience.
  • Strong communication skills from the front end to the boardroom.
  • Developing effective metrics.
  • Preferably holding CIPS, APM, or equivalent qualifications.
What We Offer

In return for your dedication, collaboration, and commitment, you will receive a starting salary of £50,000 to £65,000 and a flexible benefits package. This role is based in our Hastings office with the flexibility to work from home, ideally spending three or more days in the office each week. We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits, including a compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours, a personalized career development plan, and a flexible working environment.

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts, and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team. Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company. We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to Work checks.

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