Senior Buyer

Roxel is an Anglo-French Company that designs, develops and manufactures a range of solid propellant rocket motors for use in tactical missiles. Its operations are spread across several sites in the UK and France and it has an annual turnover of about £100M and nearly 700 staff. The UK operations are entirely based at Summerfield, Kidderminster where we have a permanent vacancy for a Senior Buyer to join the Procurement Department.

Background

The Procurement Team provide, acquire and buy solutions from external suppliers, to ensure that Roxel UK can meet its customer needs in a result driven environment. The function manages the supplier identification and selection through to securing pricing, setting up supplier agreements for all goods / services and purchase orders for all production; non-production requirements including major CAPEX / Construction investments.

Working with the Team, the Senior Buyer will provide purchasing solutions to the Business with sustainable and competitive sources for all Direct / Production needs for the life of the requirements.

The role is aided by our ERP system (Tropos) and process flow tools in Dynamic. All activity is governed by the business processes within our QMS to an EN 9100 standard.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide purchasing solutions for the Procurement function and manages own portfolio, including placing purchase orders; generating RFQS / obtaining quotes; managing purchase orders and drafting / finalising supplier agreements.
• Working knowledge of the category management process including the necessary contracting and project management.
• Manage suppliers by using KPIs and conducting supplier performance reviews and regular meetings with suppliers.
• Visits suppliers externally, so acts as an ambassador for Roxel.
• Maintaining strong & effective relationships with suppliers to be able to resolve any disputes and poor performance.
• Maintains and provides data and analysis to produce monthly metrics reporting packs.
• Undertakes the necessary transactions to generate purchase orders.
• Undertakes supplier onboarding to assess and approve any new suppliers.
• Manages NDA’s & Supplier Agreements in accordance with business processes (including subsequent communication between Roxel & suppliers).
• Negotiates terms and conditions that provide the best solution for Roxel UK.
• Deliver Procurement services in line with agreed standards and processes.
• Assists in resolving any issues with invoices with the assistance of the Finance team.

• When required, assists in supporting Sales and Marketing in Bid Management and certify that bids to Customers are underpinned with robust & valid Supplier quotations in accordance with our procedures.
• Actively identifies and manages risk across a number of suppliers (including risks relating to REACH& European regulations).
• Takes responsibility for workload, prioritise and communicates. Escalates to Manager if any risks or issues arise.
• Identifies opportunities for cost savings, measures and reports savings on a monthly basis. Additional duties or tasks as requested to meet business requirements.

Essential Knowledge / Experience

Able to work with, influence and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel / Outlook / PowerPoint / Word.

A sound commercial and financial understanding.

Experience of managing projects and working to deadlines.

Demonstrable experience of working within a Procurement function at a strategic level.

Proven experience in contract drafting and negotiation.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Strong focus on Customer Services with all stakeholders. Real emphasis on proactive communication at all times.

Proficient administration, numerical and organisational skills.

Able to organise and deliver multiple tasks to target.

• Must be able to perform as part of a team.
• Maintains a ‘can do’ focus when being assigned workstreams.
• Proven experience in the use of ERP systems such as SAP; Tropos etc.
• Manufacturing background would be beneficial.

Qualifications

• CIPS qualification or working towards it.
• Project Management training or qualification is desirable