Procurement Officer / Senior Procurement Officer

Senior Buyer Indirect

Company: GKN Aerospace Careers

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.We are looking for a Senior Buyer Indirect to strengthen the Procurement team of Fokker Landing Gear in Papendrecht by focusing on NPR spend and support our manufacturing operations.
As Senior Buyer you will be responsible for the local commercial management and you will be assigned to non-strategic sourcing. Your responsibilities will cover in-contract modifications, transfers or new products by ensuring that the sourced products are at competitive prices. You will negotiate & implement country specific corporate contracts for GKN Aeropsace and you will also implement commodity strategies, developed by Category Managers, with the goal to leverage indirect spend and deliver significant annual improvements in cost and service levels. In addition, you will coordinate implementation of contracts through the P2P function at sites and manage compliance and you will work with cross functional stakeholder teams to identify business needs and implement contracts which support.

We focus on the design and development, production and assembly of complete landing gears, as well as the repair and reassembly of systems already in use. In doing so, we work on the most famous aircraft and helicopters; Accountable for delivery of the targeted savings identified as part of annual planning reviews to improve bottom line profitability of GKN Aerospace.

• Actively participate in stakeholder teams within country/area of responsibility to deliver improvements in contracts (cost, performance, quality) for GKN Aerostructures.
• Provide analysis & information to senior management on plans and benefits of actions.
• Lead key negotiation activities with senior level representatives of suppliers to deliver benefits to business.
• Establish data/fact driven analysis of potential opportunities for procurement activities.
• Work with sites to ensure compliance to corporate contracts.
• Contribute to the development of commodity budgets / forecasts & liaise with sites to embed locally.

Knowledge of procurement activities within commodities of responsibility.

• Ability to engage stakeholders across other functions / sites.
• Experience of working within a cross site cross function environment.
• A challenging position in an innovative and international environment with a rich history in aircraft manufacturing. As a Senior Buyer you will receive a benefits package, including:
• A gross salary up to 6.183,- per month, based on the CAO Metalektro (up to salary scale L1) depending on your experience and qualifications.
• 40-42 paid holidays for full-time employment.
• Working conditions according to the CAO Metalektro, including an excellent pension scheme and travel allowance.
• A working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for our customers.
• Every opportunity to build on your career and personal development.

Part of the selection procedure is carrying out the necessary checks and screenings in order to meet the requirements set by GKN Fokker's customers, partners and suppliers within the program. The checks and screenings will be assessed on the basis of frameworks set by our Export Compliance & Security department. Assessment of checks and screenings can lead to the fact that no content can be given to the position and therefore no employment or deployment can follow. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created an environment where everyone can be at their best.
We are also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
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Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.