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Strategic Buyer

Employer
Raytheon UK
Location
United Kingdom-Leighton Buzzard
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
8 Dec 2022

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Sector
Defence , Engineering, IT
Job Role
Software Developer
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details

Collins Aerospace Systems, part of Raytheon Technologies, is on the lookout for a Strategic Buyer to join the team in Leighton Buzzard.

We are a flexible working employer and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements with our applicants. It is our expectation for this role to be of a hybrid working arrangement (Home/Office).

Your Responsibilities
  • Identify cost reduction opportunities and develop strategies to realise savings
  • Lead or support the implementation of cost reduction initiatives
  • Working with the potential suppliers and the program team, identify opportunities to reduce weight and cost, and address quality issues
  • Ensure the suppliers are 'rate ready' to support production
  • Support and work closely with the Tactical Procurement team to ensure supplier performance is in line with required and contracted terms
  • Identify supply chain risks and develop strategy to minimise impact
  • Together with the commodity manager, develop the commodity by managing projects that would include the preparation of business cases and commodity profiles
Experience and Skills
  • Demonstrable experience of designing and implementing supply chain strategies
  • Proven background in creating, identifying, developing and implementing cost savings strategies to realise savings
  • Results and detail oriented with the focused and committed to meet deadlines as well as business objectives
  • Proven track record of achievement in a relevant manufacturing position and an understanding of technical topics
Why work for us?
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Fantastic pension scheme
  • Private Medical Insurance, Employee Assistance Programme, the ability to buy holidays, a cycle to work scheme & other great employee discount
Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

Apply now and be part of the team that's redefining aerospace, every day.

Closing Date: 09/12/2022

Company

Raytheon UK is a subsidiary of Raytheon Company. It is a prime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence and has developed strong capabilities in mission systems integration in defence, national security and commercial markets. Raytheon UK also designs, develops and manufactures a range of high-technology electronic systems and software at facilities in Harlow, Glenrothes, Gloucester, Waddington, Broughton and Manchester.

 

Raytheon UK has six key sites. Our manufacturing hub is in Glenrothes in Fife where we employ more than 560 people. The aircraft systems integration takes place in Broughton, North Wales. We manage the Sentinel programme from RAF Waddington where we provide training and a wide range of development work for the RAF. At Gloucester and Manchester, our new cyber business centres conduct specialist research and software development work for customers, and finally there’s our technology centre in Harlow.

 

With more than 1,600 employees situated across England, Scotland and Wales, Raytheon UK continues to invest in its infrastructure and people as well as growing its graduate and apprenticeship programmes.

 

Raytheon Company, with 2017 sales of $25 billion and 64,000 employees, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 96 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, C5I™ products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass.

Company info
Telephone
01895 816248
Location
Uxbridge
GB

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