Senior Sub-Contract Buyer

Leonardo UK Ltd; Caddington; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Procurement Manager. The ideal candidate will ensure budget compliance according to business plans, manage procurement activities, and support long-term sourcing strategies. This hybrid role is based in Caddington and is crucial for maintaining supplier relationships and managing program costs. Strong procurement management experience is essential, along with excellent stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement management and category strategy implementation.
• Ability to manage material costs and procurement plans for programs.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with the purchasing budget and business plan.
• Act as a point of reference for program management.
• Manage procurement activities and supplier relationships.

Job description

Job Description

Mission:

Ensure the respect of the purchasing budget according to the contracted business plan and contractual requirements.

Define a long-term forecast considering the future business needs into a global view.

Activities

• Act as a point of reference for PM;
• Assure implementation of category strategy at program IPT level;
• Support the Category Manager in defining long‑term sourcing strategies with suppliers;
• Accountable for the program product total material cost and for the procurement plan;
• Within IPTs, manage Procurement activities within the project: prepare and update Project Procurement Plan, manage purchases and suppliers, manage the expediting for LoB, complete and harmonize the procurement plan with the Category Plan, certify and manage external costs during the contractual phase (bid / project / product), verifying the consistency of purchase requests with demand planning, support to define should costing and introduce supplier innovative product
• Support the aggregation of future needs coming from different Procurement Plans;
• Support the consolidation of business needs within a global view, managing the overall requirements;
• Verify the presence of Offset obligations in both existing contracts and those under negotiation;
• Entry point for new critical materials needs related to new customer orders/contracts / ... (Int. Planning, MP&C, CS&T Planning, ...) and interface with the appropriate company departments in order to provide feedback about vendors feasibility;
• Verify the reliability of the needs expressed by all geographies/business areas, working closely with the LND Planning functions;
• Ensure the aggregation of requirements across all geographies/business areas in case of common suppliers;
• Act as the point of reference in managing procurement orders and demand control for the Business;
• Translate overall Business plans into a long‑term forecast;
• Consolidate the overall requirements (all the Line of Business and Customer Support & Training) into a global view and build long‑term forecast to be discussed with Suppliers to evaluate support feasibility (making internal consistency check, where necessary)

Primary Location

GB - Luton - Cap. Green 300

Contract Type

Permanent

Hybrid Working

Hybrid