Senior Sub Contract Buyer

Morson Edge are currently recruiting for a Senior Subcontract Buyer, to be based out of Edinburgh, on behalf of our Aerospace clients, on an initial 6-month contact.

The role of a Senior Sub-Contract Buyer at our clients offers a wide variety of experiences and is both exciting and challenging in its nature. This role in particular represents a unique opportunity to contribute to the Laser and EO development projects.

This role will involve actively working in a matrix organisation structure supporting a variety of complex assignments for Development Integrated Project Teams (IPT’s) in the Laser and EO sector. The focus for this role will be the management of complex sub-contract commitments for requirements that require both tactical and strategic thinking.

The IPTs demand associated with Development continues to grow within the Laser & EO Sector and requires any individual successfully appointed able to translate complex, early concept customer requirements and ensure that these are carefully flowed down to subcontractors ensuring back-to-back campaigns and project execution. The ability to build, foster and create value with strategic partners and suppliers is essential.

What you’ll bring

Lead the delivery of sub-contract activities and other procurement related services which may be required by the business
Lead relationships with our client’s suppliers, holding reviews, ensuring performance management, risks and impacts.
Negotiate complex agreements and risk/reward mechanisms for business case models
Translate customer / project requirements into commercial documents, particularly pertaining to the design, development and production of bespoke complex electronic systems and sub-systems
Understand mechanisms of mitigating risk associated with entering into commercial agreements
Develop and negotiate robust contracts for services, intangible and tangible deliverables
Working in collaboration with cross functional stakeholders to ensure the flowdown of appropriate terms and conditions from customer contracts to enable compliance with contractual obligations and mitigate commercial / contractual risks
Promotes customer intimacy in both internal and external relationships
Focal point for project and suppliers regarding contract and supply base matters
Drives and leads strategies to influence business decisions throughout the project life cycle
Identify solutions for complex areas of potential risk /opportunity e.g. sub-contract risk, IPR, liability and exchange rate exposure etc. and deliver solutions/mitigations
You really must have:

Requires technical training to degree standard, professional qualification and/or significant domain experience (studying towards or achievement of MCIPS is preferred)
Demonstrated collaboration, communication, planning, problem solving, influencing, decision making and continuous improvement skills
A good working knowledge and understanding of Procurement within the Defence/Aerospace industry (or a similar sector) and ability to apply them with minimal supervision and direction
If this role is of interest, please apply below or contact Alex

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Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed