Location: Denham
Salary: Highly competitive salary and benefits package
Application Deadline: Thursday, February 20, 2025
Job Summary
Martin-Baker is the world’s leading manufacturer of ejection seats, helping to protect aircrew in the world’s most advanced military aircraft. Our mission is simple - to save aircrew lives.
Join us on this mission as an Account Manager within the Indirect Sourcing department, based in Denham. You’ll join a highly professional team which has built a strong reputation for building winning relationships with suppliers and stakeholders at Martin-Baker.
You’ll be responsible for sourcing and purchasing indirect materials and services, supporting Environmental Test, Inspection, and Programmes functions.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, vendor management, and ensuring compliance with budgetary guidelines.
2. Collaborate with various internal departments to identify sourcing requirements, streamline processes, and enhance operational efficiencies.
3. Manage allocated supplier relationships including performance against KPI indicators, proactively identifying and managing risks.
4. Identify new suppliers via tendering and perform RFQ exercises.
5. Support colleagues across the facilities function, working in conjunction with Commodity Managers to research and evaluate suppliers.
6. Generate and maintain supplier data using internal systems to support finance and governance processes.
7. Build relationships with suppliers to identify bottlenecks, problems, and solutions.
Characteristics & Skills
* Proven experience of supplier negotiations within regulated manufacturing environments.
* Strong communication, influencing, and relationship building skills.
* Knowledge of SAP or related MRP/ERP systems.
* Understanding of technical drawings and specifications.
* Practical problem solving and project management skills.
* Share and demonstrate the Martin-Baker Values.
You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside experts who will help you obtain a wide understanding of an engineering business within the Sourcing function, develop new skills, and gain strong industry experience.
Where you’ll be based
Denham, Middlesex.
Your Benefits in Detail
* Highly competitive 9% non-contributory pension scheme (18 +)
* 4x salary Life Assurance
* Lunchtime finish on Fridays
* Personalised training and development plan
* Healthcare Plan
* 25-days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
* Martin-Baker + (retail discounts platform)
* Occupational Health team
* Workplace Nursery Benefit scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
We believe in equal opportunity.
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone is respected. We want you to be able to do your best work. All candidates will be treated equally and fairly, regardless of their background, or any characteristic protected by law. Candidates will be selected entirely on their skills and competencies and in alignment with each role’s specifications and/or requirements.
For all successful candidates, Martin-Baker will undertake background security checks. As part of this, we will need to confirm your identity, employment history, and address history for the past five years, as well as your nationality, immigration status, and criminal record. For positions that require Security Clearance, the successful candidate must hold or be willing to obtain security clearance up to the relevant level for the role.
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