Category Buyer

leonardo company; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Category Buyer to enhance its procurement team. In this role, you will coordinate procurement processes for goods and services, ensuring alignment with operational strategies. Your expertise in negotiation will be crucial as you work with suppliers to secure favorable terms. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the company's success by optimizing procurement strategies and ensuring compliance with internal requirements. If you're passionate about procurement and looking to make a significant impact, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing procurement processes for goods and services.
• Strong negotiation skills to secure favorable terms with suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate procurement processes in line with operational plans.
• Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers to ensure value.

Skills

Procurement Management

Negotiation Skills

Supplier Management

Contract Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field

Tools

RFx Tools

Procurement Software

Job description

We have an excellent opportunity for a Category Buyer to join the Radar and Advance Targeting Procurement Category Team within the Procurement & Commercial Function of the Electronics Division. The successful candidate will report to the Radar and Advance Targeting Procurement Manager Category.

The role:

Coordinate and manage the procurement processes of goods, professional and other services, components and materials, in line with current strategies, procedures and operational plans.
Interface with other company functions in order to provide purchasing solutions, as far as the requests of internal customers are concerned.
Contribute to the negotiation on price and T&Cs with suppliers, overseeing the process of defining the relative procurement contracts, guaranteeing relevant issuing.
Issue purchase orders, respecting the requirements received from the internal customer. Manage any order variations.

Mission:

Ensure effective procurement processes of goods and other services, components and materials, on time and on budget and in line with technical requirements


Activities:

Coordinate and manage the procurement processes of goods, professional and other services, components and materials, in line with current strategies, procedures and operational plans

Collect technical and commercial requirements in order to select suppliers
Create documents, supplier qualifications and notification to conduct RFx

Negotiate to capture the maximum value from each qualified supplier and bid
Understand negotiations strategy, scenario modeling and cost/benefit trade off of commercial terms
Contribute to the negotiation on price and T&Cs with suppliers, overseeing the process of defining the relative procurement contracts, guaranteeing relevant issuing

Determine objectively the optimal number and mix of suppliers for each region and category

Define key performance indices that track and measure the supplier performance and internal compliance to preferred supplier lists and contract

Automate purchase orders emission in case of predetermined, existing contracts
Monitor existing contracts’ expirations and renewal of expiring contracts

Receive Purchase Requisitions and verify the information completeness to transform it into a Purchase Order
Interface with other company functions in order to provide purchasing solutions, as far as the requests of internal customers are concerned

Use of technology, when appropriate, to issue automatic orders against blanket PO, track PO status, and reconcile PO discrepancies
Issue purchase orders, respecting the requirements received from the internal customer and manage any order variations