Senior Buyer

Babcock International Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A defense and engineering firm is looking for a Senior Buyer in Ashton Vale, Bristol. The role involves driving procurement excellence, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring operational efficiency. Candidates must have proven procurement experience and strong relationship management skills. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits, including a matched contribution pension scheme and development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to health consultations

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading benefit

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a procurement role ideally in a Defence or Engineering environment.
• Track record of building relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Must be able to demonstrate excellent Supplier Relationship Management skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the focal point for internal customers to define materials and services spend requirements for designated projects.
• Manage the Purchase Order process.
• Deliver operational excellence and reporting.
• Personally lead major supplier relationships dealing with performance issues to conclusion.
• Help develop the pipeline of future opportunities with key partners.

Skills

Supplier Relationship Management

Procurement expertise

Stakeholder relationship building

Job description

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Job Title: Senior Buyer
Location: Ashton Vale, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full Time / Permanent
Role ID: SF

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Buyer at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.

The role
As a Senior Buyer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Your expertise will directly contribute to reducing costs, enhancing supplier performance, and delivering value across high-profile projects in the UK and internationally.

Day-to-day, you’ll play a key role in driving procurement excellence, leading supplier relationships, ensuring we meet our customers’ needs with precision and efficiency.

• Act as the focal point for internal customers to define materials and services spend requirements for designated projects
• Manage the Purchase Order process
• Deliver operational excellence and reporting
• Personally lead major supplier relationships dealing with performance issues to conclusion
• Help develop the pipeline of future opportunities, harnessing relationships with key support partners

This role is full time 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Ashton Vale, Bristol on a monthly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior Buyer

• Proven experience in a procurement role ideally in a Defence or Engineering environment
• Track record of building relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Must be able to demonstrate excellent Supplier Relationship Management skills

Qualifications for the Senior Buyer

• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at

What We Offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing