NPI Buyer — Aerospace & Power, Multi-Project Lead

Safran Group; Pitstone; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Excellent Pension and bonus scheme

33 Days Holiday

Dental and BUPA cover

Workplace nursery scheme

Midday finish on Fridays

Enhanced family friendly policies

Wellbeing programme

Employee assistance programme

Onsite subsidised canteen

Training and career development

Job summary

Safran – Here, we craft excellence together. Safran Electrical & Power is a leading aerospace supplier, and the NPI Buyer will drive purchasing for new programmes from concept through to production.

The role covers coordinating a cross-functional team, engaging with suppliers, and ensuring DFM and design evolution are integrated into NPI phases across multiple projects with significant budgets. Permanent, full-time position in the UK with a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Purchasing/sourcing experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Astute commercial awareness.
• Proven experience 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.

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.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Commercial awareness

Negotiation

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Fast-paced environment

Data presentation

Job description

Safran – Here, we craft excellence together. Safran Electrical & Power is a leading aerospace supplier, and the NPI Buyer will drive purchasing for new programmes from concept through to production.

The role covers coordinating a cross-functional team, engaging with suppliers, and ensuring DFM and design evolution are integrated into NPI phases across multiple projects with significant budgets. Permanent, full-time position in the UK with a competitive package.