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Morson are recruiting for a hybrid Technical Buyer on behalf of BAE Systems Scotstoun, to be split between home/remote working (a minimum of 3 days required on site) and their site in Glasgow (postcode is G14 0XN) the role will have flexible start/finish times
£22.00 per hour PAYE / PLUS £3.20 per hour holiday pay / OR (equivalent to) £28.60 per hour Umbrella. The position will be a 12-month contract although highly likely to be long-term
Duties:
- Working as a member of the procurement and supply chain team to provide procurement expertise, services and support to meet the operational needs of the business
- The role holder will manage a larger or more complex order book, supplier or contract
- Manage contracts throughout their life in conjunction with the business
- Raise formal documents to support the sourcing and contracting process, including Request for Information, Request for Quotation, Assessment documents, Purchase Orders
- Agree and discharge workload, ensuring priorities are managed and any issues of concern are escalated.
- Effectively manage order book, to ensure timely deliveries and accurate cash forecasting.
- Manage supplier payment process and resolve any goods receiving and supplier debt issues.
- Proactively manage instances of supplier under-performance against cost, quality and schedule.
- Work collaboratively to identify and escalate risk.
- Identify and deliver cost savings.
Procurement Professional Knowledge and Skills
- Experience working within a procurement and/or similar environment
- any prior Aerospace/Military/Defence experience would be highly beneficial
- Possess a high standard of Procurement competence in key areas of sourcing, process knowledge, contracting skills and supplier management.
- Works on own initiative with limited supervision and with responsibility for delivery, escalating concerns.
- Analyse information and implement solutions with support, that best meet the requirements of the business.
- Ability to prioritise workload based on business need
- Good stakeholder management.
- Good understanding of purchase to pay systems, risk and supplier management tools.
