Operational Buyer (Site)

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

A Truly Global Business

Every day, around the world, we help aircrafts fly further, faster and greener. We’re the world’s leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 13 countries serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers with sales of £2.8bn. Together as “one GKN” we’re moving our business and industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions. We’re putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050!

Making a Difference!

It’s great to know you’re making a difference to the future of aviation! Whatever part you play you’ll be helping us deliver operational excellence to our customers.

At our GKN Filton site, we specialise in the design and manufacture of large complex structural wing assemblies, detailed metallic components and wing systems for a combination of both civil and military aircraft.

We have an new exciting and career defining opportunity for a Operational Buyer to join our growing Family. Reporting directly to the Procurement Operations Group Leader, the Operational Buyer will be an integral part of a close and tight knit team where you will receive all the support you need to be the best you can be. Reporting Directly to the Operations Procurement Group Leader you will be Responsible for order processing of in-contract scheduling and management of supplier delivery performance in line with MPS and business requirements. You will be delivering against supplier and business performance objectives focused on procured parts delivery.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring delivery in line with operational performance requirements from fastener suppliers
• Responsible for supplier scheduling in line with build requirements, from GKN ‘s stand-alone usage driven system ’Waer Systems’
• Responsible for the daily maintenance and challenging of supplier promise dates to ensure that the most up-to-date and accurate information is on the system
• Contribute towards and support the Procurement Operations Manager or Site Procurement Manager to deliver the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process in regards to external supply reviews
• Management of suppliers to ensure that they can deliver against committed orders, identification of supply risk, constraints and bottleneck, escalating as required
• Maintain external capacity reviews in line with MPS
• Responsible for on-going supplier performance improvement
• Responsible for the supplier relationship and daily interface
• Responsible for ensuring multi-function team reviews are taking place with key suppliers
• Daily communication with internal customers and receiving areas
• Responsible for the adherence to standard procurement processes and daily regimen/management tasks
• Ownership of the supplier scorecard process to ensure that supplier performance is communicated to all levels of the supplier and is regularly reviewed as part of multifunction team reviews
• Support SQE on supplier non-conformance and processing of supplier returns and claims
• Ensure prompt supplier payment by clearing any invoice queries
• Ensure adherence to the Health and Safety policies and procedure.
  
  

What You'll Bring

Essential

To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and expertise/ talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:

• Degree Qualified or 2+ years experience in Supply Chain Management / Procurement roles
• IT literacy, especially Excel
  
  

Desirable

• Degree Qualified in Business Administration desirable
• APICS / MCIPS qualification desirable
• MRP Proficiency desirable
  
  

What we Offer!

Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:

• Competitive salary dependant on experience
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
• Life Assurance 8 x salary
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible working hours including the ability to finish at 12noon on a Friday
• Income protection
• Shopping discounts
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment
  
  

As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.