Buyer

Buyer
SF41358
Location: Bristol or Tewkesbury or Devonport

Help us grow and make an impact in procurement
As our business continues to grow at a significant pace we're looking for talented, enthusiastic and driven people to join our procurement team and help take us to new heights.

The difference our new Buyer will make
You will help generate significant value for the business by reducing the total cost of bought in goods and services and manage supplier relationships to increase the overall value derived from the supply chain. As the link between our suppliers and the wider business, your duties will include:
* Preparing, issuing and reviewing supplier RFQ's, recommending preferred options to the relevant stakeholders
* Converting purchase requisitions to purchase orders and issuing to suppliers, negotiating appropriate T&C's for the protection of the organisation
* Managing and developing supplier relationships
* Pro-active supplier order book management activities

Who we're looking for
You're someone who brings big ideas and solves complex problems with simple and elegant solutions.
You continuously champion high performance, challenge the status quo and actively propose new ideas on how we can make things better, always putting the customer first.

Qualifications and Experience
* A recognised degree level qualification and/or relevant engineering/supply chain/lean culture experience
* Membership of a relevant professional body e.g. CIPS at level 4 or above
* Proven procurement experience, ideally in an operational procurement environment
* Experience in sourcing new materials and services

Skills and attributes
* Must have a flexible approach to workload, be confident reading and understanding technical drawings and have the ability to communicate complex requirements to/from supply chain
* Ability to establish strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business
* Must have a good understanding of complex manufacturing processes and principles
* A good understanding of the Company business and objectives
* Working knowledge of and experience in Microsoft Excel, Word, Power point and IFS (desirable)

In return for your skill and passion, you'll get:
* Flexible working
* Autonomy to perform the role
* The opportunity to make a real impact, partnering on an ambitious culture transformation programme within Babcock's' fastest growing business unit

As well as:
* Holiday entitlement: 25 days, plus bank holidays
* Pension scheme with employee pension contributions matched up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
* Employee Share Scheme
* Free, independent employee assistance programme
* Professional memberships, personal development training and opportunities

Where it all fits in:
Mission Systems forms a critical, and growing part of Babcock's Marine organisation. As a trusted provider for global defence & security, we have a wide portfolio of best in class technical solutions that enable our customers to carry out their missions. It's a really exciting and fast paced business carrying out a diverse range of activities. Mission Systems employs over 1,200 people across the UK and overseas with the largest sites based in Bristol, Plymouth and Ashchurch.
The Critical Communications Business Unit is over 200 personnel strong with in excess of 70% skilled Engineering staff. We have an ever increasing portfolio of opportunities and an ambition for success and to grow. We also embrace the multitude of internal employee networks support and foster diversity and inclusion within our Babcock team, connecting people across the business and empowering them to achieve their potential. Our Diversity and Inclusion strategy amplifies their influence.

Other need to knows:
* You must be able to achieve the appropriate security clearance level for this role
* We are happy to talk about flexible working. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Application Guidance
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Babcock International Group
For more than a century, Babcock has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within four market sectors; Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear.
This role is within the Marine Sector of Babcock International Group, which delivers a wide array of complex through-life marine engineering services to defence and civil customers across the globe. These range from UK and international naval fleet support, commercial marine, engineering consultancy, weapons handling, equipment support, intelligence, cyber security and training.

Closing date: 9th February 2021
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