Unspecified
Job Title: Professional Services Commodity Manager ()
Grade: P3
Function: Supply Chain Management
Location: Glenrothes / Harlow (Hybrid with a minimum of 2 days a week on site)
Clearance Required: Baseline/SC Eligible
Duration: Permanent
Hours: Full Time – 37 hours per week (5 hours on Friday)
Raytheon UK
At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.
Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; we're building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.
About the role:
We are looking for an experienced Professional Services Commodity Manager (Legal, Finance and Logistics), responsible for developing sourcing strategies and business cases, tendering and source selection, negotiating and managing supplier agreements of various types associated with medium complexity supplier requirements. Someone who will liaise with suppliers at middle management levels to drive improvement and resolve disputes. You will contribute to business area and stakeholder functional strategies via specific commodity strategies. Also, you will manage and monitor the supply chain, supporting the drive for business growth, efficiency, profitability and inter-company relationships.
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
1. Experience in Supply Chain, Subcontract Management, Procurement, Commodity and/or related field
2. Related degree, MCIPS or equivalent
3. Experience in managing stakeholder groups
4. Knowledge of Legal, Financial and/or Logistics commodity management
5. Experience of creating and developing commodity strategies
6. Able to lead or perform effectively in a multi-functional team
7. Excellent verbal and written communications and ability to brief at mid to senior management level
8. Knowledge of import/export legislation and logistical requirements
9. Administration of delivery/acceptance/invoicing of goods and services
10. Experience in or exposure to negotiating complex non-standard contracts/agreements including service level requirements
11. Experience of delivering continuous improvement.
12. Experience of problem solving and dispute resolution at senior level
13. Experience or knowledge of MRP, SAP and purchase order placement/ material receipt processes
14. Experience of developing supplier improvement strategies
15. Proactive, flexible and positive attitude
Desirable:
16. Programme management skills
17. Experience in development of operational plans that generates processes and standards in support of the functional strategy and goals
18. Experience of developing and managing supplier relationships and collaborative working
19. 6 Sigma process improvement skillset
20. Experience of working with international suppliers
Responsibilities
21. Liaising with peers from other functions, functional leadership team and RTX businesses.
22. Leading or supporting cross-functional teams in conducting make v buy exercises and developing and deploying commodity strategies of medium complexity.
23. These strategies include:
24. indirect spend commodities,
25. target return on investment (ROI),
26. commodity risk management,
27. service levels, and
28. approved/preferred suppliers.
29. Engaging with stakeholder functional leads regarding supplier bid and selection criteria.
30. Participates in / leads supplier assessments and supplier development activity teams, including the administration of appropriate due diligence activity.
31. Leveraging commodity opportunities and synergies across RTX.
32. Ensuring that strategies are in alignment with market conditions, Raytheon requirements, goals and growth plans.
33. Leveraging supplier and industry capabilities in conjunction with stakeholder functions to align functional strategies and identify gaps to link supplier capabilities with Raytheon requirements.
34. Developing commodity agreements.
35. Developing and managing tenders. Performs or supports cost and price analysis, develops negotiation strategies, and leads negotiations to create value for money outcomes for procuring goods and services.
36. Produces business cases/briefing materials for management reviews.
37. Working with suppliers and functional stakeholders to achieve collaborative partnering, strategic relationship management to deliver required service level KPIs.
38. Establishing and managing supplier relationships to include supplier continuous improvement/development goals.
39. Executes to customer requirements including government regulations, public law and Raytheon policies and procedures.
40. Actively promotes the contributions that the function can make to achieving corporate objectives across the organisation, with stakeholders and with the supply chain.
41. Continually assesses and promotes sustainable and responsible procurement, including social, cultural and diversity values in the organisation and throughout the supply chain
42. Utilises project management skills and techniques when managing suppliers.
43. Evaluates the challenges faced by the organisation and the supply chains and takes action to mitigate risks and to develop opportunities.
44. Responsible via subordinate personnel to place all non-production requirements on suppliers in an expeditious and efficient manner in line with Raytheon policy and commodity strategies and to ensure the execution of the orders.
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