Jobs at Leonardo in United Kingdom

We have an excellent opportunity for a Category Buyer to join the Radar and Advance Targeting Procurement Category Team within the Procurement & Commercial Function of the Electronics Division. The successful candidate will report to the Radar and Advance Targeting Procurement Manager Category.

The role:

Coordinate and manage the procurement processes of goods, professional and other services, components and materials, in line with current strategies, procedures and operational plans.
Interface with other company functions in order to provide purchasing solutions, as far as the requests of internal customers are concerned.
Contribute to the negotiation on price and T&Cs with suppliers, overseeing the process of defining the relative procurement contracts, guaranteeing relevant issuing.
Issue purchase orders, respecting the requirements received from the internal customer. Manage any order variations.

Mission:

Ensure effective procurement processes of goods and other services, components and materials, on time and on budget and in line with technical requirements


Activities:

Coordinate and manage the procurement processes of goods, professional and other services, components and materials, in line with current strategies, procedures and operational plans

Collect technical and commercial requirements in order to select suppliers
Create documents, supplier qualifications and notification to conduct RFx

Negotiate to capture the maximum value from each qualified supplier and bid
Understand negotiations strategy, scenario modeling and cost/benefit trade off of commercial terms
Contribute to the negotiation on price and T&Cs with suppliers, overseeing the process of defining the relative procurement contracts, guaranteeing relevant issuing

Determine objectively the optimal number and mix of suppliers for each region and category

Define key performance indices that track and measure the supplier performance and internal compliance to preferred supplier lists and contract

Automate purchase orders emission in case of predetermined, existing contracts
Monitor existing contracts’ expirations and renewal of expiring contracts

Receive Purchase Requisitions and verify the information completeness to transform it into a Purchase Order
Interface with other company functions in order to provide purchasing solutions, as far as the requests of internal customers are concerned

Use of technology, when appropriate, to issue automatic orders against blanket PO, track PO status, and reconcile PO discrepancies
Issue purchase orders, respecting the requirements received from the internal customer and manage any order variations