Procurement Agent (Procurement Agent-General)

Boeing; Gosport; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Boeing Defence United Kingdom Limited is seeking a Procurement Agent to join the Vertical Lift Supplier Management and Procurement team in the UK. The role involves negotiating contracts, engaging stakeholders, and optimizing the supply chain to ensure delivery, quality and performance.

The successful candidate will liaise across multiple functional areas, possess strong analytical and communication skills, and support sourcing strategies.

Qualifications

• Adaptable and creative problem solver who can liaise across functional areas.
• High attention to detail and ability to lead multiple priorities.
• Strong and effective communication with stakeholders and suppliers.
• Customer focus and relationship-building with external partners.
• Analytical skills and ability to develop tools for sustainability initiatives.
• Interpersonal skills crucial to succeed in a team environment.
• BPSS clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate contracts for products, services and technologies.
• Engage stakeholders to align programs with sourcing strategies.
• Negotiate pricing and contract terms and conditions.
• Prepare and execute binding contractual documents.
• Optimize supply chain execution balancing inventory, orders and demand.
• Manage supplier performance and relationships for delivery and quality.
• Mitigate risks and issues in supplier base.
• Initiate supplier improvement activities and feed results into strategies.
• Review and analyze demand and supply continuously.
• Prepare and execute information agreements and documents.
• Support sourcing strategies and contract documentation.
• Communicate performance expectations and metrics to suppliers.

Skills

Adaptability

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication

Customer focus

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

CIPS level 4+ accreditation

Tools

SAP/ERP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Procurement Agent (Procurement Agent-General) Company: Boeing Defence United Kingdom Limited

The Vertical Lift Supplier Management and Procurement team at Boeing has an exciting position within our Aircraft support team. We are looking for Procurement Agent (Buyer) to join our team within one of the listed locations.

Position Responsibilities:

• Negotiating contracts for products, services and technologies.
• Engaging stakeholders to ensure that program, customer, product and in-service strategies are integrated into source selection, negotiation and contracting strategies.
• Negotiating pricing and contract terms and conditions.
• Preparing and executing negotiated contractual documents and binding agreements.
• Optimizing execution of the supply chain balancing inventory, supply orders and schedule demand.
• Managing supplier/subcontractor performance and relationship to ensure delivery, quality, financial stability and in-service performance.
• Mitigating risks and issues.
• Initiating supplier improvement activities and provides results for integration into contracting strategies.
• Performing continuous review and analysis of demand and supply.
• Preparing and executing proprietary information agreements.
• Supporting sourcing strategies, negotiations and documenting of contracts and agreements.
• Communicating performance expectations and metrics to evaluate and monitor supplier performance.

Functional Excellence Competencies:

• Accountability and Responsibility Demonstrates a willingness to accept responsibility and accountability for one's actions. Exhibits a moral, legal or mental accountability in areas of responsibility.
• Adaptability Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, and/or cultures.
• Change Management Encourages others to seek opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace.
• Continuous Improvement Originates action to improve existing conditions and processes; uses appropriate methods to identify opportunities, implements solutions, and measures impact.
• Continuous Learning Demonstrates an interest in personal learning and development. Seeks feedback from multiple sources about how to improve and develop; modifies behaviour based on feedback or self-analysis of past mistakes. Takes steps to develop and maintain the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform.
• Innovation / Creativity Discovers new opportunities and solutions for problems by looking beyond current practices and using innovative thinking. Tries different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
• Planning and organizing Effectively plan what is to be achieved and involve all relevant stakeholders. Anticipate important or critical events, identifying resource requirements and assigning responsibility for specific work, including deadlines and performance expectations. Demonstrate the use of information -gathering techniques, analysing situations and identifying implications in order to make correct decisions. Demonstrate ability to monitor progress and to make changes as required.
• Strategic Decision Making Obtains information and identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; commits to a course of action to accomplish a long-range goal or vision after developing alternatives based on logical assumptions, facts, available resources, constraints, and organizational values.
• Teamwork Demonstrates a commitment to the mission and motivation to combine the team’s energy and expertise to achieve a common objective. Understands the dynamics of effective teamwork in order to attain higher levels of performance. Demonstrates ability to work as a member of a team.
• Technical Competencies Systems Thinking Ability to understand the big picture and the inter-relationships of all positions and activities in the system, including the impact of changes in one area on another area. This includes the ability to see and understand the inter-relationships between components of systems and plans, anticipate future events, and apply the principles of systems thinking to accelerate performance.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• The successful candidate will need to be adaptable and a creative problem solver with the ability to liaise and work alongside a number of functional subject areas to help develop and form the strategic supply chain approach to support the programme.
• High attention to detail and consistent track record to lead multiple, contending priorities simultaneously 2-4 years of relevant experience
• Understanding of the commodity
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, SAP/ERP knowledge.
• Adaptability & global mind set
• Building Positive Relationships
• Strong and Effective Communication
• Customer Focus
• Analytical Skills & tool development for sustainability initiatives
• Interpersonal skills and customer focus are crucial to be successful in the role
• BPSS is required

Preferred qualifications: (nice to have)

CIPS level 4+ accreditation

Important information regarding this requisition:

This requisition is for a locally hired position in the UK. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level. Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. We are engineers and technicians. Skilled scientists and problem solvers. Bold innovators and futurists. Join us, and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world. No relocation is provided.

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Not Applicable

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance:

This position requires the ability to obtain a BPSS clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom)

Company culture and values:

Boeing is committed to protecting, connecting and exploring our world and beyond, safely and sustainably. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity and inclusion are shared values. We’re committed to fostering an environment that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive of every teammate, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.