Senior Buyer

this opportunity and L3Harris UK; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company based in Farnborough seeks a Senior Buyer to manage procurement activities and supplier relationships. The ideal candidate will have experience in production or operations roles and skills in procurement and negotiation. Responsibilities include executing procurement activities, analyzing market trends, and ensuring compliance with company policies. This full-time role comes with substantial employee benefits including private medical insurance and a pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme with up to 8% employer contribution

Life Assurance 4x salary

Flexible opt-in extras such as gym membership

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a production, manufacturing, or operations role.
• Knowledge of manufacturing quality control and rework processes.
• High attention to detail with the ability to multitask in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Procurement & Supplier Management in accordance with L3Harris processes.
• Plan and execute procurement activities for raw materials and components.
• Negotiate pricing contracts and establish supplier relationships.

Skills

Purchasing

Sourcing

Procurement

SAP

Supply Chain Experience

Negotiation

Tools

MS Office

ERP Systems

Job description

Job Title Senior Buyer

Job Location Farnborough

Job ID 31471

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites our team of nearly 1000 people delivers unique capabilities across space air land sea and cyber for military security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Farnborough engineer and maintain Night Vision Goggles Precision Approach Radar systems and Tactical Radios. Notably we are the proud designer supplier and maintainer of the 50000 tactical radios in the Bowman tactical C4I system in service with the UK Armed Forces and are working to define and deliver the next generation system Morpheus.

Employee benefits

• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy / sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt‑in extras such as a health care cash plan dental insurance gym membership critical illness cover cycle to work scheme and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Procurement & Supplier Management in accordance with L3Harris processes.
• Plan and execute procurement activities for raw materials components goods and services to meet business needs.
• Obtain and evaluate bids negotiate terms and make or recommend supplier awards.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure reliability quality and value.
• Negotiate pricing contracts and long‑term agreements to secure favourable terms and mitigate risk.
• Manage supplier performance resolve disputes and handle claims rejections returns and other supply issues.
• Analyse market trends supplier operations and cost drivers to develop sourcing strategies and achieve cost reduction targets.
• Identify and implement process improvements and innovations to enhance procurement efficiency and effectiveness.
• Contribute to the development of departmental goals budgets and operational plans.
• Monitor and report key procurement metrics to drive performance and support strategic decision‑making.
• Lead and manage complex procurement projects from planning through execution ensuring alignment with business requirements.
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams to achieve procurement objectives and project milestones.
• Ensure compliance with company policies ethical standards and relevant laws and regulations (including anti‑corruption and trade compliance).
• Present recommendations and analysis to management and cross‑functional teams.
• Provide training coaching and technical guidance to junior buyers and team members.

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Proven experience in a production manufacturing or operations role.
• Knowledge of manufacturing quality control and rework processes.
• Proficiency in MS Office and familiarity with production reporting tools.
• High attention to detail with the ability to multitask in a dynamic environment.

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many of our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

• Purchasing
• Sourcing
• Procurement
• HR Sourcing
• SAP
• Supply Chain Experience
• ERP Systems
• negotiation
• Materials Management
• Manufacturing
• MRP
• Contracts

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1