Defence strategic buyer: data-driven sourcing leader

Job Type: Permanent
Location: Derby
Hours: 40 hours per week
Competitive Salary & Benefits

We re Hayley Dexis, we ve been at the heart of engineering for over 50 years and are proud to be a growing business with people still at the heart of everything we do.

We re proud to be an equal opportunities employer, our people truly make the difference bringing energy, expertise, and passion that help us deliver outstanding service to our customers every single day.

We re excited to offer a brilliant opportunity for a Strategic Buyer within our Defence Division in Derby.

About the role:

Reporting to the Defence Director the Strategic Buyer role works closely with our Commercial Team negotiating contracts and managing supplier relationships whilst leveraging data to drive commercial benefit to the business.

Excellent collaboration and stakeholder relationship skills are critical to this role. You ll leverage your prior procurement or buyer experience to confidently deal with high profile customers and suppliers, driving performance.

The ideal candidate will have experience from an aerospace, defence, manufacturing or similar sector background sourcing engineered components and commodities.

You ll have expert excel and IT skills, be extremely analytical and will have a love of spreadsheets (pivot tables / VLOOKUPS). Typical research activity will include spend tracking, internal feedback and detailed analysis.

What we re looking for in our Strategic Buyer

• Excellent commercial acumen and strong procurement background
• Experience of analysing margin trends, data and commercial terms.
• Strong Strategic acumen to understand pricing strategies
• Ideally background within Aerospace, defence or manufacturing.
• Exposure to commodity purchasing.
• Strong research skills.
• Loves to be in the detail but also operate at a strategic level
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an analytical mindset
• Exceptional organisational and project management abilities, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to handle multiple priorities
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite and Power BI
• A degree is not a pre-requisite for this role. Passion and commitment are.
• CIPS qualification desirable

What you ll get in return

• Attractive salary to commensurate experience
• From 23 days annual leave (plus public/bank holidays)
• Life assurance cover (x2 salary)
• Invitation to healthcare schemes
• Company pension scheme
• Wellness programmes
• Uniform and PPE provided
• Training and development provided through our own Hayley Academy

We ll close this role on Sunday 14th June, but may do so earlier if we receive strong interest so don t miss out.