Summary: The Expert Procurement Excellence role at GKN Aerospace focuses on enhancing global procurement processes and digital solutions, ensuring support for procurement teams worldwide. This position involves leading functional development projects, generating business analytics, and promoting best practices across the organization. The role emphasizes collaboration, compliance with regulations, and a commitment to sustainability within the procurement function. Candidates are expected to have extensive experience in procurement and project management within the aerospace industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Role modelling a culture aligned with GKN Aerospace’s values and principles.
• Global process owner for designated processes, tools, training, and systems.
• Selection, development, implementation, and maintenance of global procurement processes.
• Soliciting and developing requirements for global functional processes and solutions.
• Promoting standardization and deployment of procurement processes and systems.
• Developing and introducing best practice digital procurement technologies.
• Ensuring compliant use of project management methodology for Procurement Excellence projects.
• Accountable for relationships with solution partners and project deliverables.
• Organizing project reviews with stakeholders to monitor project status.
• Ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental policies.
• Complying with legal and regulatory requirements related to contracting.

Key Skills:

• BSc degree or equivalent in Engineering or Science discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years relevant business experience.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in Procurement and Supply Chain Management.
• Strong understanding of Procurement Excellence and change management.
• Project management, development, and implementation skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• High degree of analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High level of IT systems proficiency.
• Experience in a cross-site, cross-function environment.
• Willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Interest in processes and systems.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Birmingham

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other