Procurement Agent (Procurement Agent-General)

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

Job summary

Boeing in the United Kingdom (Yeovil) is seeking a Procurement Agent (Buyer) to join our team. This individual contributor role partners with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to secure materials, services and technologies, balancing cost, quality and delivery.

You will negotiate contracts, manage supplier performance, mitigate risks, and support sourcing strategies across time zones. Travel may be required; strong communication and global perspective are essential to success in a

Qualifications

• Adaptable and creative problem solver to help develop strategic supply chain approaches.
• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• 2–4 years of relevant experience; SAP/ERP knowledge.
• Strong communication skills and ability to build positive relationships across stakeholders.
• BPSS clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate contracts for products, services and technologies.
• Engage stakeholders to ensure program, customer, product and in-service strategies are integrated into sourcing and contracting.
• Prepare and execute negotiated contractual documents and binding agreements; optimize supply chain execution.
• Manage supplier/subcontractor performance and relationships to ensure delivery, quality and financial stability.
• Mitigate risks and issues; initiate supplier improvement activities and feed results into contracting strategies.
• Perform continuous review and analysis of demand and supply.
• Prepare and execute proprietary information agreements.
• Support sourcing strategies, negotiations and documenting contracts and agreements.
• Communicate performance expectations and metrics to evaluate supplier performance.

Skills

MS Office

SAP/ERP knowledge

BPSS

Stakeholder communication

Education

CIPS level 4+ accreditation

Job description

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Position Responsibilities:

We are looking for Procurement Agent (Buyer) to join our team within one of the listed locations.

This is an individual contributor position in a growing global organization. The individual will partner with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to expand our service delivery model while ensuring service delivery excellence to all business partners.

The ideal candidate must enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced business environment. He or she must be flexible to accommodate business requirements that span multiple time zones and may require travel, having international experience working with diverse groups and cultures will be an added advantage. The candidate also will have strong communication skills. He or she must be able to maintain positive relationships with leadership and all levels of the organization.

Buyer responsibilities include:

• 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 qualificatio9ns: (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.

Export Control Requirements:

This is not an Export Control position.

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.

Shift

Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom)

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.