Senior Sub-Contract Buyer

Senor Subcontract Buyer

Location:Edinburgh

Contract: 6-Months
Pay:Up to£45p/h Inside IR35 (DOE)

Responsibilities:

Lead the delivery of sub-contract activities and other procurement-related services which may be required by the business
Lead relationships with 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
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/mitigationsExperience required

A good working knowledge of SAP
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)
Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed