Junior Buyer

QinetiQ; Ashford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence organization is looking for a Junior Buyer to support the Procurement team. Responsibilities include negotiating prices, monitoring supplier performance, and maintaining procurement documents. The role promises opportunities for career progression within a global company, alongside competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Procurement department, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
• Calm under pressure and able to work as part of a team.
• Exposure to planning, indirect buying or strategic buying.

Responsibilities

• Assist buyers in day-to-day tasks and gaining experience.
• Negotiate optimum prices with suppliers.
• Monitor supplier performance on purchase price, OTIF and quality.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Education

CIPS qualification

Job description

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We are currently recruiting a Junior Buyer to join QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) within our Purchasing Team.QTS is a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ Group PLC specialising in the design and manufacture of a range of state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial and Surface Target systems including the world leading Banshee target.

QTS targets are used to enable realistic weapons test and evaluation and operator training in over 40 countries worldwide with QTS providing a complete managed service in over 15 of these countries.

What will I be doing?

Reporting to the Procurement Manager you’ll be supporting the whole of the Procurement team in making sure we maintain our high standard of delivery to our internal customers.

Duties will include:

• Assist buyers in their day-to-day tasks while gaining experience
• Negotiate optimum prices with supplier ensuring best value procurement
• Monitor supplier performance measures on purchase price, OTIF and quality and continually seek opportunities for improvement
• Work closely with the expeditor to keep deliveries on track
• Attend daily production meetings to support build plans
• Closely collaborate with all key internal customers
• Resolve supply or invoice queries
• Check purchase order acknowledgements from suppliers
• Maintain Procurement documents and procedures
• Data input and carry out production system maintenance

What do I need?

You will have Procurement department experience, ideally gained in a manufacturing environment and have recently gained or be working towards your CIPS qualification.

You’ll be calm under pressure and able to work as part of a team.

We also ask that you have:

• excellent attention to detail
• good interpersonal skills, particularly in negotiating
• good analytical skills
• good organisational skills
• exposure to planning, indirect buying or strategic buying

What else do I need to know?

Joining QinetiQ offers you an opportunity to work on a broad range of exciting defence-based projects, with vast career progression across a global organisation, in addition to competitive personal and professional benefits.

You’ll receive a competitive salary and benefits package: our basic salaries are very attractive, as we constantly review what’s happening in the market.