Purchasing / Procurement Contracts Specialist

Purchasing / Procurement Contracts Specialist - SW to £35k

Ref: PTR10/831

Location: South West England

Description: Aerospace Procurement professional with dedicated contracts (negotiation / implementation) experience required by blue chip client.

Salary:to £35k plus relocation plus excellent benefits package

Our client, globally recognised as a market leader in their field, are offering a genuinely unique opportunity in the current economic climate – that of a challenging role with career development prospects and a quality of life that is hard to equal. The client design, develop, manufacture and market aerospace products allied to both the defence and civil sectors globally, and as a result of continued success and a strategic programme of planned growth for 2009, have created the position of Procurement Contracts Specialist to ensure the achievement of the contract team’s primary objectives allied to the delivery of the latest multi million pound project to a large UK customer.

The role provides an opportunity to build upon your existing Procurement/Contracts experience and make an effective contribution within the Procurement Contracts team, and demands that you provide the business with a professional level of specialised skills and knowledge drawn from your given subject discipline combined with an extensive knowledge of business operations. Your main tasks and activities will include, but not be limited to:

Make significant impact on commercial decisions through validation, authorisation, issue and amendment of contracts within your own levels of authority
Support and/or lead negotiations with decision makers of suppliers to secure appropriate contracts for the procurement of equipment and/or services
Support supplier development activities to protect the current and future needs of the Client
Using your business knowledge and judgement, you will identify, review, plan, and apply your business capabilities to enable the execution and discharge of planned and potential projects and tasks on time and within budget
Accountability for business performance of allocated suppliers which enables maximum customer satisfaction, delivery against business obligations and
Strive to achieve the core objectives including:
- Successful negotiation of lowest cost, compliant solutions
- Achievement of on time contracting
- Effective cash management and irrevocable commitment
- Ensuring effective flow down of prime contract risks
- Secure optimum value added from the Supply Chain in the form of Offset and Political Support

To be considered for this exceptional opportunity, you will have a proven track record of success in the above as well as experience in dealing with commercial contracts and associated issues. This will include experience of negotiating terms and conditions for the supply of goods and services. Additionally, you will demonstrate skills and experience in managing business risk through contracting, and possess a broad understanding of how contractual terms can influence the dynamics of the supply of goods and services. As you will appreciate, effective communication skills, particularly in influencing and negotiation are essential for the position, as is demonstrable contracting experience within an aerospace, defence, material supply or manufacturing environment. You will therefore possess a strong educational background, ideally to degree level in a relevant discipline and /or MCIPS as well as computer literacy in company standards including SAP.

In return, a competitive salary and genuine opportunities to work internationally as well as all of the benefits you would expect from a world class company are available, so if you believe you possess the relevant skills and experience to be considered, send a copy of your cv to

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 09 September 2010 )

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