Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a well respected Aerospace & Defence organisation based in Didcot, Oxfordshire to recruit a Buyer. The role is for an initial 7 month duration and is paying an hourly rate of £20-£25 PAYE per hour holiday pay. There would be hybrid working arrangement on offer with a split between time spent on site in Didcot and working from home. Please find the job description below: Job Profile The Buyer is the first point of contact between my client and its suppliers in the operational procurement flow. The successful candidate will be responsible and authorized to create, issue, manage and eventually close Purchase Orders. This will be done by transforming purchase requisitions into purchase orders within time frames defined by service levels agreements. The successful candidate bases the activity on company acquisition plans by using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other procurement information systems as well as Contracts, Terms and Conditions. The successful candidate has end to end responsibility and ownership of each purchase order they place, including monitoring the timely deliveries of the products and services they order, expediting late deliveries, resolving invoicing errors and maintaining accurate data and records in company systems. Mission and Responsibilities • Support Procurement Strategy : o Analyse Purchase Request (In/Out of policy supplier status, Frame Agreement or price list availability, need date) o Analyse local business needs and challenges demand as related to his/her product perimeter and Contribute to global category strategies for short, medium, long term. o Seek for Communalization, Synergy between several Purchase Requisitions o Check adequacy with Category Buyer strategy o Register the Purchase Order and Contract in line with Manage acquisition process in case of Category Buyers are out of the country. • Contribute to Competitiveness : o Manage local RFP and negotiations within the DoA threshold with suppliers as per T&C (Standard Terms & Conditions). o Ensure Financial Procurement Performances & proper Cash Management o Ensure Procurement Performances are properly declared at the creation of the Purchase Order o Check the compliance of the Milestone Payment Plan and Payment terms with Golden Rules • Support Supplier Performance : o Deliver monthly operational supplier performance KPIs in a recurrent collaborative approach with suppliers o Coordinate with Supplier Performance Manager (SPM) to manage workload risk / report site needs / performance/ critical situations o During the execution of the Purchase Order ensure the respect of the order delivery date and any negotiate changes economic and/or programmatic. o Be aware to anticipate any issue of the supplier reacting fast and proactively o Contribute and attend to the supplier performance assessment led by Supplier Operations • Manage Acquisition process: o Ensure application of Procurement process o Ensure Product code defined in PO is consistent with Procurement Segmentation (Product Tree) o Apply the logistic conditions (Incoterms/ delivery address) signed with supplier o Negotiate, release PO in the ERP and send to suppliers o Follow PO acknowledgment in accordance to contract (quantity / price / lead time) and record in the ERP. o Ensure that the agreed ST&C of Purchase include all statutory and internal rules and regulations in particular on Export Control and Health, Safety & Environment, REACH. o Manage dispute/invoicing issues. o Treat Non-conformance communication with the suppliers. o Ensure day by day update data in the ERP Simply hit the 'apply now' button for immediate consideration.