Indirect Procurement Manager (Jan 2025 Start)

Raytheon Technologies
Glenrothes
6 months ago
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Indirect Procurement Manager 

Start Jan 2025

Dynamic team leader required to develop and grow the Indirect Procurement Team. Able to drive supplier improvement, identify and manage commercial risk and work with the Indirect Commodity and Sourcing Manager to drive performance improvement through collaborative process improvement, metric/scorecard management and strategy development.

Location: Hybrid, ideally located near to Harlow or Glenrothes

Main Duties (Leading and/or Supporting):

Development through coaching, skills gap analysis and mentoring to grow the capabilities of the Indirect Procurement Team

Liaising with peers from other disciplines and businesses and the Functional SLT.

Sources, negotiates, awards and documents purchases for indirect services, and supplies.

Performs or supports cost and price analysis, develops negotiation strategies, and leads negotiations in order to create value for money outcomes for procuring goods and services.

Support early supplier identification and engagement for new business opportunities.

Utilises source selection techniques (best value, Total Cost of Ownership etc.), performs cost analyses, conducts negotiations, and identifies supplier risks.

Provide risk and opportunity analysis for introduction of new suppliers to mitigate risks with regard to early supplier decisions.

Ensures that requirements (prime contract, quality, terms and conditions) are properly communicated to suppliers.

Manages supplier performance to cost, schedule and quality requirements.

Interfaces with internal and supplier cross-functional organizations.

Assists in the development of tenders and agreements.

Executes to customer requirements including government regulations, public law and Raytheon policies and procedures.

Works with suppliers and other stakeholders to achieve collaborative partnering and strategic relationship management to deliver value for the organisation

Contribute to the creation of business capture strategies by recommending strategic choices to improve the organisation’s short and long term performance

Actively promotes the contributions that the function can make to achieving corporate objectives across the organisation, with stakeholders and with the supply chain

Continually assesses and promotes sustainable and responsible procurement, including social, cultural and diversity values in the organisation and throughout the supply chain

Facilitates relationships between functional organisations and suppliers.

Utilises project management skills and techniques when managing suppliers.

Initiates and participates in supplier assessments and development activities.

Produces support data or business cases/ briefing materials for management reviews

Participates / leads supplier assessments and supplier development activity teams, including the administration of appropriate due diligence activity

Candidate Requirements:

Essential: 

Experience in Supply Chain, Subcontract Management, Procurement, Commodity and/or related field

Experience managing a team

Related degree/MCIPS/BA/MBA or equivalent

Ability/experience to manage a medium sized team with focus on policy and strategy implementation, along with operational plans with measurable contribution towards the achievement of results of the sub-function

Proactive, flexible and positive attitude

Able to lead effectively in a multi functional team

Excellent verbal and written communications and ability to brief at mid/senior level

Knowledge of import/export legislation and logistical requirements

Administration of delivery/acceptance/invoicing of goods and services

Experience in or exposure to negotiating medium/high complexity non-standard agreements

Experience of problem solving and dispute resolution at senior level

Experience or knowledge of MRP, SAP and purchase order placement/material receipt processes

Experience of developing and managing subcontractor relationship management and collaborative working

Experience of developing supplier improvement strategies

Experience of working with complex international suppliers/programmes

About Raytheon UK

With facilities in Broughton, Glenrothes, Livingston, Harlow, Gloucester, Manchester and a presence across customer sites also. Raytheon UK is invested in the British workforce and the development of UK technology. Across the country Raytheon UK employs over 2,000 people and supports 8,000 jobs. As a prime contractor and major supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence, Raytheon continues to invest in research and development, supporting innovation and technological advances across its core mission areas.

Raytheon UK is a landed company and is part of the Raytheon Technologies organisation.

About Raytheon Technologies

Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defence company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprisesthree industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon. It’s 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cyber security. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Raytheon Career Development:

Raytheon has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career from the moment you join. Activities range from on-line learning modules, to external training and support for taking professional qualifications relevant to your role.

Standard Benefits:

25 days holiday + statutory public holidays

Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)

6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’

Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes

Enhanced sick pay scheme

Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave

37hr working week, with an early finish on Fridays.Hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements

Flexible working arrangements will be considered wherever we can subject to the role. Please enquire or highlight any request to our Recruitment team to explore the flexible working possibilities

Canteen facilities are available at Harlow & Glenrothes sites and Manchester & Gloucester offer free snacks & drinks (hot & cold)

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