Senior Supply Officer

MBDA are looking for an experienced Supply Officer to join their team.

Salary: Up to £40,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working:  2-3 days a week in the office

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

Responsibilities:

Purchasing
• Responsibilities include processing of electronic and manual requisitions.
• Use of SAP to raise request for quotations (RFQ)
• Creating Excel spread sheets to assess the data to aid supplier selection process.
• Raising of purchase orders within SAP.
• Progressing of orders to ensure on time delivery to the internal customers.
• Purchase order amendment in line with changing delivery forecasts post order acknowledgment.
• Maintain dialogue with internal customer to ensure topical delivery forecast are maintained.
• Holding & supporting business operational reviews
Administration
• Liaise with both Bought Ledger and vendors to resolve Invoice queries and enable timely and accurate payments.
• Data cleansing of SAP to ensure accurate data collection.
• Quality assessment and measurement of suppliers. Distribution of monthly reports to vendors and ensuring correct reason codes are annotated, enabling accurate reports for delivery and quality purposes.
 

What we need from you:

• SAP Experience

Proactive approach flexible self-starter
• IT Literate - Must be able to use Microsoft Office (Word; Power Point; Excel; 

• Education: Educated to basic secondary level: (Maths, English to O level/GCSE/NVQ as a minimum)
• Ability to effectively communicate and maintain good relations with both internal customers and external suppliers.
• Ability to work under pressure to deadlines in a professional manner

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation.  We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

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