Strategic Buyer

4 weeks ago

Cwmbran, Torfaen County Borough, United Kingdom Safran Seats Full time

About the Role

Safran Seats is seeking a Strategic Buyer to join our team in the UK. As a Strategic Buyer, you will play a key role in supporting our fast-paced business, designing, certifying, and manufacturing aircraft seating of the highest quality and passenger-focused excellence.

Key Responsibilities

  • Issue and monitor RFPs to suppliers using available engineering data.
  • Review and select suppliers based on proposals/quotations received.
  • Setup supplier data within the business ERP system.
  • Use MRP data to raise necessary POs and work with a predetermined number of suppliers to ensure that materials ordered are delivered on time in full, and to the correct quality standards.
  • Develop relationships with suppliers.
  • Manage purchasing projects such as industrialization of new products that include but are not limited to composite, metallic, and electrical components.
  • Manage supplier Long Term Agreements.

About Safran Seats

Safran Seats is an industry award-winning, premium designer and manufacturer of First and Business Class seating and technology. Our passenger experience prides itself on innovation, customization, quality, and industrial design. We are unique within aerospace, as we interface with both the world's biggest airlines and airframers alike, with the largest seats portfolio of all seats suppliers.

Our Values

  • We believe in and promote diversity and inclusion as key values across our business.
  • We develop our colleagues' skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future.
  • We create a trustworthy work place to support you, as you dare to act and innovate.
  • We encourage collaboration and mutual support for you and your colleagues.

What We Offer

  • 25 days holiday + UK Bank Holidays.
  • Benefits Programme, with a number of schemes such as cycle to work, technology savings, retail discounts, and access to private healthcare.
  • Career Progressions opportunities such as company sponsorship and further training courses.
  • Family friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoptive parents, shared parental leave, parental leave, and flexible working.
  • Equality & Diversity initiatives with internal groups for workplace engagement and involvement.
  • STEM engagement with schools, colleges, and universities and Charitable activities for all.

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