NPI Buyer

Safran Engineering Services; Pitstone; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish on Friday (midday)

5 weeks holiday per year + holidays

Personal pension scheme 5% employee, 8

Death in service life insurance up to

Job summary

Safran Engineering Services in the United Kingdom is seeking two NPI Buyers to support 12-month projects. The role leads interface with Supply Chain pre-production managing the parts acquisition from concept through to production handover in NPI programmes.

Hybrid role: 3-4 days on site at Pitstone with remaining days at home. Applicants must have right to work in the UK through December 2027; sponsorship is not offered. Experience in manufacturing procurement and SAP preferred.

Qualifications

• Purchasing/sourcing experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
• Experience liaising with customers or suppliers; with a background of negotiation.
• Ability to influence across functions and varying seniority.
• Experience with metrics and data presentations.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple vendors & projects simultaneously.
• Collaborate with cross functional project teams; report to internal stakeholders and liaise with other sites on multi-site programs.
• Align core commodity strategies with supplier selection and future product roadmap for new products and technology.
• Deploy DFM processes with early supplier engagement to manage design evolution through NPI phases.
• Create, conduct and close RFQ / RFP packages with Selected Supplier Choice panels.
• Perform risk analysis to identify and resolve supply issues to meet commitments.
• Negotiate to secure and report fulfilment of QCD targets.
• Ensure suppliers meet Safran Quality requirements and facilitate Engineering-supplier negotiations.

Skills

Purchasing/sourcing

Commercial awareness

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

SAP

Tools

SAP

MS Excel

Job description

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

About the role

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.

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