New Program Purchasing Lead - Engineering
Pitstone, Buckinghamshire
Hybrid
Skills: Aerospace, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering knowledge or experience, Market intelligence, Strong purchasing experience, Raw materials, Supply Chain management, Contract understanding and management
At Safran, excellence is a journey – and we'd love you to be a part of it. As a global leader in aerospace, defence, and space, we are proud to be a company where diversity, innovation, and opportunity come together to shape a sustainable future.
At Safran, we understand that diversity and inclusion make teams stronger and more effective, and as an organisation, we are committed to fair and equitable employment practices for everyone and are proudly a Disability Confident Employer.
We also know that some candidates may be put off ing for jobs where they don't meet 100% of the criteria outlined in the advert, however, we encourage anybody to if you can demonstrate a variety of skills and experience relevant to the requirements of this role.
We will consider all applicants who meet the minimum essential requirements regardless of their identity or background. Please let us know in your cover letter if you would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to the application or hiring process that may better facilitate your participation. We will make every effort to respond to your request for assistance as soon as possible – including guaranteed interviews under the Disability Confident Scheme for those that qualify.
Your Role
You will be accountable for the development and delivery of effective purchasing strategies and supplier readiness for future projects within the exciting electric propulsion systems marketplace for a global leading aerospace organisation. You will play a key role developing and implementing a purchasing strategy to support these new productions from concept, through prototyping and into production.
- Responsible to develop Purchasing strategy and management of new projects, mainly with suppliers.
- Responsible for Purchasing research of new suppliers and technologies that drive the new products into a price and performance competitiveness.
- Lead the Purchasing activities to support these projects using Purchasing tools. Keep track of cost, line of balance and ensure material availability for the different builds, following the main Program Schedule.
- Negotiate pricing aligned to the project needs through PPAP, Qualification and ultimately production handover
- Partner with commodity and industrialisation teams for best supplier selection and contractual flow down
- Negotiate with identified external supply chain and ensure material cost drivers are understood and visible to the programme teams/ engineers
- Lead all design to cost design for manufacture and design for quality activities to achieve the expected product cost is achieved by the extended supply chain
