Assistant Buyer

Job Title: Assistant Buyer
Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: Up to £35,368 (DOE) + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56209

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Assistant Buyer at our Rosyth site.

The role

As an Assistant Buyer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will be supporting Procurement activities within our Submarine Dismantling Project (SDP).

Day to day, you will the responsible for the execution of the requisition to pay process within a defined scope and aligned with requisitioner delegation of authority, focusing on; the execution of established supply agreements; requisition to order conversion, order book management, expediting and payment.

• Support Buyers to ensure that Babcock's commercial position is best protected through use of agreed terms and conditions of contract and purchase orders
• Support Buyers in execution of order book management and expediting processes to ensure the supply chain delivers on time to meet all Business Unit requirements
• Support Buyers in execution of processes, and interfaces with finance, to ensure on-time payment to suppliers
• Support Buyers in execution of supplier on-boarding and qualification processes to ensure selected suppliers are approved and available to trade with
• Support Buyers to ensure that all technical and quality requirements are fully satisfied and that all material and service requirements are supplied in accordance with specifications provided

This is a full-time / permanent role at 37 hours per week and is based at our Rosyth, Fife site following a hybrid working arrangement of x2-3 days per week with the remaining to be completed from home.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential experience of the Assistant Buyer:

• Basic knowledge of Operational Procurement techniques
• Basic knowledge of ERP Systems, e.g. SAP, IFS or Oracle
• Strong soft skills of written / verbal communication skills, pragmatic approach to work, ability to work with cross functional and various other stakeholders

Qualifications for the Assistant Buyer:

• Hold and/or desire of membership in CIPS or equivalent Procurement & Supply Chain qualification

We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve BPSS and SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Contributory Pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities, and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 29/03/2024