Senior Buyer - Strategic Procurement for Tech & Defense

NIF; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Company pension

Job summary

TEKEVER in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Buyer to lead source-to-contract activity for direct spend, shaping commercially intelligent strategies and building strategic supplier partnerships.

You’ll review current procurement approaches, bring fresh ideas, and help shape the future procurement and supply chain strategy, working with engineering, operations, manufacturing, planning, quality and finance.

Qualifications

• Experience in direct procurement categories (raw materials, components, capital equipment).
• Experience developing category/sourcing strategies and running competitive tenders.
• Experience leading commercial negotiations and contracts for complex/high-value projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems.

Responsibilities

• Challenge and refine internal specifications to enable sourcing.
• Lead commercial negotiations with suppliers and secure value.
• Draft, negotiate, and finalise supplier contracts, frameworks and SLAs.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for direct spend categories.
• Manage and coach procurement team members.
• Own supplier relationships and resolve issues.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders to align sourcing with business needs.
• Champion continuous improvement in cost, quality and delivery.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Negotiations

ERP/MRP systems

Sourcing strategy

Contract drafting

Team leadership

Risk management

Direct spend

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

TEKEVER in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Buyer to lead source-to-contract activity for direct spend, shaping commercially intelligent strategies and building strategic supplier partnerships.

You’ll review current procurement approaches, bring fresh ideas, and help shape the future procurement and supply chain strategy, working with engineering, operations, manufacturing, planning, quality and finance.