NPI Buyer

Safran Engineering Services UK Limited; Pitstone; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish on a Friday (midday)

5 weeks holiday per year plus holidays

Personal pension scheme (5% from you,

Employer 8% contribution plus salary-s

PEGI Share Scheme

Career development within Safran Group

Training & development focus

Onsite canteen

Job summary

Safran Engineering Services UK Limited is recruiting two NPI Buyers to lead the purchasing function for new programmes, coordinating across 2-4 projects with around 20 suppliers per project. The role interfaces with external supply chain pre-production from concept through to handover into production, with budgets of £1 Million+ per programme.

The position is hybrid: 3-4 days onsite at Pitstone and the rest remote.

Qualifications

• Purchasing/sourcing experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
• Experience liaising with customers or suppliers and influencing others.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience with metrics and data presentations.
• SAP experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple vendors and projects simultaneously.
• Coordinate sourcing activities aligned with product roadmap.
• Engage with cross-functional project teams across sites.
• Lead RFQ/RFP processes and supplier selection.
• Report on Quality, Cost, and Delivery targets.
• Ensure suppliers meet Safran quality requirements.

Skills

Procurement experience

Negotiation

Liaison with suppliers

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Tools

SAP

Job description

We are looking for two NPI Buyers to support for 12m

The NPI Buyer plays a lead role in a multi discipline project team, providing the interface with the external Supply Chain pre-production to manage the parts acquisition process for NPI programmes from initial concept, through the design life cycle, industrialization, then to handover of a stable supply chain into production and the Procurement team.

You'll manage and coordinate the Purchasing function for new programmes, managing multiple vendors (approx. 20 per typical project) across 2-4 projects simultaneously. You'll navigate different levels of complexity, with budgets £1Million+ per program.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple vendors & projects simultaneously
• Work within cross functional project teams, reporting to internal stakeholders of all levels, liaising with other sites on multi-site programs
• Manage and facilitate all sourcing activity, aligning the core commodity strategies with supplier selection and the future product roadmap for new products and technology being developed
• Ensure deployment of Design for Manufacture (DFM) processes with early supplier engagement, to manage and report design evolution from concept/baseline throughout the NPI phases of prototype and qualification
• Follow a robust methodology, challenging design requirements, potential over engineering and scope creep
• Create, conduct and close RFQ / RFP Packages with Selected Supplier Choice panels
• Risk Analysis – Identification and resolution of supply issues in order to meet business commitments
• Challenge, negotiate, secure and report fulfilment of program targets in terms of Quality, Cost, Delivery (QCD)
• Ensure that the suppliers are able to meet the Safran Quality requirements and where needed, facilitate negotiations between Engineering and Suppliers

What You’ll Bring:

The role is hybrid with 3-4 days onsite at Pitstone, with the rest at home. We are not able to offer sponsorship for this role, so please only apply if you have the right to work in the UK through to December 2027.

Requirements

• Purchasing/sourcing experience within a manufacturing environment
• Astute commercial awareness
• Proven experience in liaising with customers or suppliers; with a background of negotiation
• Demonstrates healthy and productive influencing ability which can be applied within an engineering /design /manufacturing environment
• Strong interpersonal skills – ability to work with individuals across a range of functions and varying seniority
• Motivation to learn, develop and perform in a fast-paced rapid prototype environment
• Experience with metric creations and data presentations, with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Project Management skills and mindset will be a plus.
• Experienced user of SAP

Benefits

IF THE EMPLOYED ROUTE IS CHOSEN:

• Early finish on a Friday (midday)
• 5 weeks holiday per year plus statutory bank holidays
• Personal pension scheme whereby 5% contribution from employee and 8% from employer plus salary sacrifice
• Death in service life insurance – covering up to 4x annual basic salary in the event of death in service
• PEGI Share Scheme
• Career development within Safran Group
• Training & development are a focus
• Onsite canteen

IF THE CONTRACTOR ROUTE IS CHOSEN:

• Early finish on a Friday (midday)
• Onsite canteen