Indirect Buyer

PARKER HANNIFIN CORP; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1 day WFH

Half-day Fridays

Pension scheme

Life Assurance x4

Private medical cover

Employee discounts

On-site parking

Career development planning

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is hiring an Indirect Buyer to support procurement objectives by managing indirect suppliers, commodities, and services. The role covers day-to-day procurement activities, including PO placement, supplier follow-up, pricing management, and invoice resolution, with emphasis on alignment to Parker-Meggitt policies.

You’ll manage supplier performance, support cost-reduction initiatives, and address procurement risks, while collaborating with internal stakeholders across functions in

Qualifications

• Understand how to manage an indirect procurement portfolio and how to analyse supplier data.
• Ability to assess supplier metrics and situations, and communicate with stakeholders.
• Strong relationship-building, project management, and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to follow instructions and apply procurement policies and processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned indirect supplier relationships to ensure service, cost, delivery, quality, and responsiveness targets are achieved.
• Resolve supplier and internal issues efficiently to minimise business disruption.
• Manage procurement parameters such as supplier agreements, lead times, minimum order quantities, delivery frequency, and service levels.
• Ensure supplier compliance with contractual terms, policies, and flow-down requirements.
• Support annual cost reduction initiatives and contribute to PPI performance for indirect categories.
• Identify and manage supply or service continuity risks across indirect categories and implement mitigations.
• Monitor market conditions, supplier capacity, pricing trends, and service risks to inform mitigation planning.
• Manage daily indirect procurement activities including requisition reviews, PO placement, expediting, and invoice resolution.

Skills

Supplier management

Procurement strategy

Cost reduction

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Negotiation

Ethical decision-making

Purchase order management

Job description

Responsibilities

We’re hiring for an Indirect Buyer to support Procurement objectives through the effective management of indirect suppliers, commodities, and services to ensure business continuity, cost control, and operational support. The role is responsible for day-to-day tactical procurement activities, including purchase order placement, ERP-driven action messages, supplier follow-up, pricing management, invoice resolution, and stakeholder support.

In this position you will manage supplier performance, support cost reduction initiatives, address supply and service risks, and ensure procurement activities are executed in alignment with Parker-Meggitt policies, processes, compliance requirements, and operational needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage assigned indirect supplier relationships to ensure service, cost, delivery, quality, and responsiveness targets are achieved.
• Resolve or escape supplier and internal issues efficiently to minimise business disruption.
• Manage procurement parameters such as supplier agreements, lead times, minimum order quantities, delivery frequency, and service levels.
• Ensure supplier compliance with agreed contractual terms, procurement policies, and applicable flow-down requirements.
• Support annual cost reduction initiatives, minimise supplier cost increases, and contribute to Purchase Price Index performance for assigned indirect categories and suppliers.
• Identify and manage supply or service continuity risks across indirect categories, including facilities, MRO, tooling, services, office supplies, IT, and other non-production requirements. Develop and support mitigation actions to meet internal customer needs.
• Monitor market conditions, supplier capacity, pricing trends, and service risks to proactively identify potential business impact and support mitigation planning.
• Manage daily indirect procurement activities, including purchase requisition review, purchase order placement, order follow-up, expediting/de-expediting, cancellations, invoice issues, pricing discrepancies, supplier communications, and resolution of goods or service-related issues.

Essential skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for this position

• Understand key factors in managing a Procurement buyer’s portfolio, including robust decision-making skills, capability to analyse and construct business cases based on supplier provided data.
• Ability to accurately assess key supplier metrics and situations
• Strong relationship building skills
• Strong project management and prioritisation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with all internal and external stakeholders in a timely and effective manner
• Demonstrate a high level of ethical behaviour in exercising judgment and discretion in matters of significance
• Ability to understand and follow specific instructions and procedures

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A relationship builder with outstanding communication skills and the ability to listen
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and at a global level
• Ability to work independently and prioritise duties with minimal supervision, in order to meet deadlines
• Strong team player

What We Offer

Parker Meggitt is proud to offer a competitive total rewards framework designed with our colleagues' health, wealth, and well-being in mind to help our employees balance a successful career. Our competitive package will include:

• 1 day working from home
• Half day finish on Fridays
• Funded membership of a professional body
• Focused career development planning with opportunities to progress
• Pension scheme with up to 10% matching company contribution
• Income protection scheme
• Life Assurance x4 basic salary
• Share buying scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy and sell up to 5 days
• Service-related holiday (3 years = 1 day and increase up to max 5 days)
• Cash Plan or Private Medical Cover
• Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing
• Free on-site car parking
• Employee Referral Scheme
• An on-site restaurant and Starbucks offering subsidised food
• Employee Perks – offering our employees discounts on a huge variety of goods and services

EMEA Business Descr

Parker Hannifin EMEA Sàrl (“PHEMEA”), based in Etoy, Switzerland, is the Principal Operating Company for Parker in the EMEA region. It is supported by a network of Parker Manufacturing Divisions and Sales Company Entities. The Aerospace Group EMEA is a strategic business Group within PHEMEA. Hydraulic Systems Division EMEA (HSDE) is a key service provider to PHEMEA.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on grounds of age, race, religion, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability in relation to recruitment and employment.