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We're looking for a Senior Buyer to join our advanced manufacturing facility based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. This role benefits from our 4xFlex working pattern, offering a 4 day working week Monday - Thursday and hybrid working with typically 2 days a week onsite.

This role is part of the Lockheed Martin UK Supply Chain Organisation managing the total supply chain for goods and services to meet a variety of programme and business requirements.

The successful candidate will join a renowned international defence company, with a range of technically innovative products and excellent opportunities for career progression, and personal and professional development.

Focussing on managing supplier delivery, it primarily supports the development and production in Armoured Vehicles, Platform Integration, Special Projects and Weapons areas & domains to meet domestic and international programme and business needs. LMUK (Ampthill) has a worldwide supply base although predominantly in the UK, Europe, Middle East and the US.

Success requires experience of working in a functional organisation and a blend of proven skills including relationship building and achievement of deliveries on time and in full, through the ability to successfully negotiate and manage procurements, ranging from simple to complex subcontracts. This will be coupled with effectively working within a multi-disciplinary product team including Engineering, Operations and Quality.

The role focusses on supporting a variety of programmes and undertakes activity across multiple categories of goods and services including simple to complex build to print in commodity areas including PCB's, box-builds, cable harnesses, mechanical, COTs and MOTs.

Responsibilities may extend across the product life cycle and include:

Undertaking the procurement process including issuing RFQ's, Invitation to Tender, Terms and Conditions, negotiations, bid evaluations, and award of contract .
Holding a procurement delegation and signing supplier agreements and purchase orders within this limit.
Negotiating with suppliers to ensure best-value is achieved.
Managing supplier performance to meet Technical, Schedule, Quality and Cost requirements.
Developing and maintaining stakeholder relationships with key internal and external business contacts to achieve mutual benefit.
Ensuring procurement activities are compliant with internal/legislative procedures, and that risks are identified and managed.
Providing the key interface between internal customers and suppliers to ensure that communication is effectively managed, and issues and risks are fully understood and managed.
Supporting internal and external reviews of supplier performance as required.
Contributing to the continual improvement of the supply chain processes.The successful candidate must achieve the appropriate level (SC) of security clearance. More details can be found