Procurement Engineer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Procurement Engineer to work for BAE Systems, Samlesbury. This role sits within the General Systems Value team, managing a number of strategic and critical suppliers. Key duties will include; - Negotiating Terms and Conditions, Price Agreements and other contractual documents with suppliers, and resolve most areas of conflict. - Maintaining strong, effective relationships with suppliers. - Develop innovative, value for money solutions with the supplier/s to meet Customers’ current and future requirements. - Understanding the budget requirements for the Purchase Orders as well as identify opportunities for cost reduction/avoidance through effective negotiation with the suppliers. - Attend key meetings including on-site supplier reviews - Interface across the Air business and with other teams and functions, e.g. PM, Engineering, Commercial, Finance. - Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product or service provision meets the governance requirements of the business and our customers. - Manage order book reviews with internal stakeholders and the suppliers, presenting order status, supporting resolutions to order related queries as requested by the internal stakeholder: - Maintain data in appropriate ERP systems - Utilise business reporting/metrication capability in order to articulate and manage Order Book Management performance. Ensure trends are identified and escalated, as appropriate. - Ensure queries are owned and managed effectively. - Understand and comply to the Procurement processes (Supplier Management Framework). There may be some travel to Suppliers as and when required. Knowledge: - A Continuous Improvement mind-set with proven examples of identifying new ideas that drive improvement, problem solving and working collaboratively with others to identify a solution ideally within a Procurement (or similar) environment - Detailed understanding and experience of supplier risk and opportunity management Skills: - Excellent collaboration and communication skills, fostering close & trusting relationships with a network of demanding internal and external stakeholders - Negotiation skills – experience of price and contractual terms and conditions negotiations - Working understanding of tool sets and IT such as ERP systems, Microsoft Office programs particularly in Excel. - Ability to compile data, analyse and propose recommendations through reports and presentations - CIPS qualification would be an advantage Morson is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy. Buyer; vendor management; supply chain; procurement; purchasing; supplier management; risk management; negotiation; supplier performance; purchase orders; ERP systems; MS Office; influencing skills; shipping; ITAR; spares and repairs; RFQ; invoicing; SAP; Order book management