Within a regional procurement centre, the Tactical Buyer is involved in the transactional procurement process of PR/PO (Procurement Requisition/Procurement Order). Also responsible for transforming a PR into a PO using the different elements coming from category buyers, in a time frame (SLA) and to follow up the PO. The Tactical Buyer may periodically be required to expedite and follow-up on Procurement orders to ensure specific timing and quality requirements are met, including post award responsibility for supplier deliveries. In addition, the Tactical Buyer will support the category team in quote preparation, data analytics, quotes summaries, discrepant supplier inputs, and other tasks related to the sourcing process.
Key Responsibilities:
* Receiving procurement requests and verifying their conformity to operating methods.
* Transforming procurement requests into procurement orders.
* Managing purchasing order cancellation, rescheduling or PO information change (quantity, price).
* Analysis of quotations and summarization for category buyers.
* Ensure that suppliers acknowledge P.O. receipt and provide delivery commitment.
* Follow-up and expedite Procurement orders.
* Ensuring accuracy of the order, GL account, or project number, ship to location, supplier information on Procurement order, and relevant notes/comments on the Procurement order document.
* Managing disputes and problem solutions.
* Managing local negotiations within the DoA threshold.
* RFx management in e-ACQ under DoA.
* Prepare reports on Procurements, including cost analysis.
Required Skills and Experience:
* Demonstrated skills and experience related to the above responsibilities.
* Computer literacy particularly with respect to MS Office packages and MRP systems.
* Customer (internal and end) focus.
* Understanding of the technical and non-technical requirements.
* Delivery oriented while ensuring the budget and all contractual commitments are met.
* Proven negotiation skills.
* Ability to build effective relationships with Suppliers.
* Relevant experience in procurement or supply chain/manufacturing roles.
* Experienced in using MRP/ERP systems such as Oracle or SAP.
Thales UK provides armed forces customers with operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defence mission systems solutions at land, sea, and air. Our platforms extend across the battlespace including Above and Sonar, Electronic Combat, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance systems.
We offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer. We innovate across the major industries of Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space.
Your health and well-being matter to us, and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part-time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
If you are interested in this role, we encourage you to have an informal chat with the Talent Acquisition Partner. Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
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