Strategic Buyer

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Derby

Hours: 40 hours per week

Competitive Salary & Benefits 

We’re Hayley Dexis, we’ve been at the heart of engineering for over 50 years and are proud to be a growing business with people still at the heart of everything we do. 

We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer, our people truly make the difference bringing energy, expertise, and passion that help us deliver outstanding service to our customers every single day.

We’re excited to offer a brilliant opportunity for a Strategic Buyer within our Defence Division in Derby.

About the role:

Reporting to the Defence Director the Strategic Buyer role works closely with our Commercial Team negotiating contracts and managing supplier relationships whilst leveraging data to drive commercial benefit to the business.

Excellent collaboration and stakeholder relationship skills are critical to this role. You’ll leverage your prior procurement or buyer experience to confidently deal with high profile customers and suppliers, driving performance.

The ideal candidate will have experience from an aerospace, defence, manufacturing or similar sector background sourcing engineered components and commodities.

You’ll have expert excel and IT skills, be extremely analytical and will have a love of spreadsheets (pivot tables / VLOOKUPS). Typical research activity will include spend tracking, internal feedback and detailed analysis.

What we’re looking for in our Strategic Buyer

Excellent commercial acumen and strong procurement background

Experience of analysing margin trends, data and commercial terms.

Strong Strategic acumen to understand pricing strategies

Ideally background within Aerospace, defence or manufacturing.

Exposure to commodity purchasing.

Strong research skills.

Loves to be in the detail but also operate at a strategic level.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an analytical mindset.

Exceptional organisational and project management abilities, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to handle multiple priorities.

Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite and Power BI

A degree is not a pre-requisite for this role. Passion and commitment are.

CIPS qualification desirable.

What you’ll get in return

Attractive salary to commensurate experience

From 23 days annual leave (plus public/bank holidays) 

Life assurance cover (x2 salary)

Invitation to healthcare schemes

Company pension scheme

Wellness programmes

Uniform and PPE provided

Training and development provided through our own Hayley Academy

What to expect from our recruitment process: 

1.    Initial screening 

2.    Microsoft Teams interview with our Talent Acquisition Partner 

3.    Face to face interview either in-person or Microsoft Teams

4.    Decision outcome

We’ll close this role on Sunday 14th June, but may do so earlier if we receive strong interest so don’t miss out.

A final note...

Not sure you tick every box? Please don’t let that stop you from applying.

Need any reasonable adjustments? Just give our talent acquisition team a shout.

Any questions on your mind? Please reach out to us at (url removed)