Make a real impact, immediately

Help us grow and make an impact in procurement

As our business continues to grow at a significant pace we're looking for talented, enthusiastic and driven people to join or procurement team and help take us to new heights.

The difference our new Assistant Buyer will make

We're looking for talented people with an interest in procurement and supply chain who will help generate significant value for the business by reducing the total cost of bought in goods and services and help manage supplier relationships to increase the overall value derived from the supply chain. As the link between our suppliers and the wider business, your duties will include:

• Preparing, issuing and reviewing supplier RFQs, recommending preferred options to the relevant stakeholders.
• Conversion of purchase requisitions into purchase orders and issuing to suppliers.
• Taking ownership of purchase order books, expediting and proposing risk management where required.
• Manage supplier relationships and support supplier performance improvement.
• Ensure data accuracy of the ERP system is maintained with valid pricing and purchase requirements.
• Manage Goods In and Invoice queries associated with your order book.

What do I need to do the role?

Who we're looking for

You're someone who brings big ideas and solves complex problems with simple and elegant solutions.
You continuously champion high performance, challenge the status quo and actively proposes new ideas on how we can make things better and always puts the customer first.

Experience

A recognised degree level qualification and / or relevant engineering / supply chain / lean culture experience.
Willingness to obtain Procurement and Supply Chain skills and qualifications.
Experience in working in a team to deliver shared objectives.
Procurement experience, ideally in an operational procurement environment (desirable).
Membership of a relevant professional body e.g. CIPS (desirable).

Skills and attributes

Must have a flexible approach to workload and the drive to go the extra mile for our customers.
Must be self-motivated and willing to develop new skills.
Ability to establish relationships with key stakeholders across the business and our supply chain.
Ability to communicate at all levels of the business.
A good understanding of Babcock's business and objectives.
Working knowledge of and experience in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and IFS (desirable).

What else do I need to know?
We are happy to talk about flexible working


Closing date 14/10/20
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We are committed to building an inclusive culture and strive to attract talent who thrive in an inclusive and flexible working environment. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and will respond in a way that best fits your specific needs.
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Babcock International Group For more than a century, Babcock has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly skilled engineering services. We help customers in the UK and around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within four market sectors; Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear. We're committed to providing a great employee experience in a supportive and engaging environment. You'll benefit from excellent career and learning
and development opportunities to ensure that you grow and achieve your full potential.
This role is within the Marine Sector of Babcock International Group, which delivers a wide array of complex through-life marine engineering services to defence and civil customers across the globe. These range from UK and international naval fleet support, commercial marine, engineering consultancy, weapons handling, equipment support, intelligence, cyber security and training.