Subcontract Buyer

At Leonardo, we have an opportunity for a Buyer to join our team in Edinburgh. Leonardo is a global leader in defence electronics and delivers mission critical systems for situational awareness, electronic warfare and surveillance across land, sea and air. The Radar and Advanced Targeting line of business, based in Edinburgh, is uniquely positioned as one of the world’s top manufacturers of radars, lasers and infra-red countermeasure systems.

As a Buyer you will join our Typhoon line of business, reporting to the Procurement Manager for the specific sector. You will be responsible and accountable for the creation of Supplier Contracts to ensure commercial compliance in line with internal and external governance, provide support in relation to New Product Introduction (NPI) and the full supplier contract lifecycle.

What we can offer:
Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options
Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite
Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
Network groups
Training: Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
Continuous Learning: You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring
Investors in People: We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award
Employee Assistance Programme: Providing free and confidential mental health support
Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 12 flexi days

To find out about all of our Company benefits please visit our careers page.

Security Clearance
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Key Areas of Responsibility
Help put in place the appropriate Commercial Agreements, including but not limited to, internal and external Customer flow downs, NDA’s, TAA’s and Export Licences etc.
Prepare routine Request For Quotation and support/conduct sourcing reviews and supplier selection across a ranged of commodities.
Prepare supporting Contract packs that demonstrate sourcing decisions and value for money decisions.
Ensure price reasonableness is achieved and reported (benchmarking).
Deliver and / or support cost negotiation of Supplier pricing and provide reporting for internal / external Audit.
Identify cost reduction opportunities across the product in line with declared project / product targets.
Work with Engineering, SCQA and Supplier capability to understand our product route maps so market research can be undertaken to identify capable and sustainable sources of supply.
Identify and encourage Supplier competition for NPI material requirements, utilising the Supply Review Board (SRB) process as an enabler.
Be accountable for the management of Supplier delivery performance (of NPI Contracts) throughout the Contract lifecycle in line with defined Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
Identify risk and opportunity, working collaboratively with stakeholders to help define mitigations activities.
Deploy the appropriate SAP activity in order to carry out your job effectively, especially in relation to the creation of compliant Contracts