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Procurement Agent

Yeovil, England Job ID JR2025443671 Category Supply Chain Management Post Date Feb. 12, 2025
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Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity and inclusion are shared values. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us!

The Role:

Boeing is seeking an experienced professional to join the team as a Procurement Agent, who will provide team lead support for both direct and indirect spend for various commodities.  This role will ensure the implementation of best practices in procurement processes, drive cost savings, enhance supplier relationships and performance while maintaining compliance with organizational policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Negotiates and contracts for products, services and technologies.
  • Engages stakeholders to ensure that program, customer, product and in-service strategies are integrated into source selection, negotiation and contracting strategies.
  • Negotiates pricing and contract terms and conditions.
  • Prepares and executes negotiated contractual documents and binding agreements.
  • Manages supplier/subcontractor performance and relationship to ensure delivery, quality, financial stability and in-service performance
  • Mitigates risks and issues.
  • Initiates supplier improvement activities and provides results for integration into contracting strategies.
  • Support to the team through coaching, training and development.

Competencies:

  • Ability to lead and influence a team
  • Strong communication, organisational and collaboration skills
  • Strong analytical and reporting skills
  • Ability to manage multiple initiatives and priorities
  • Strong IT skills
  • Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as well as on your own
  • Strive for high standards, seeking innovative solutions
  • Drive Continuous Improvement

Preferred Experience/Qualifications:

  • Experience in SAP/Ariba
  • Experience working with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Ability to acquire UK SC security clearance
  • Full UK driving license.

Becoming a Boeing Defence UK Employee

As a Boeing Defence UK employee, you’ll have the freedom to choose a healthy work-life balance through flexible working arrangements and incentive programmes, and you’ll have access to a range of resources and tools to support your professional growth, health, and wellbeing.

The Boeing benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial, and social wellbeing. Here’s a snapshot of what we offer:

  • Competitive salary, with annual incentive plans, including access to a pension plan with up to 10% employer contribution. Access to a wide-range of free learning courses and tools to support your professional development.
  • Diverse and inclusive culture, with a range of societies that you can get involved in.
  • Annual leave entitlement of 23 days, plus UK public holidays and a Winter Break between Christmas and New Year.
  • Company-paid private healthcare medical plan (BUPA Medical Plan) and annual health assessment entitlement.
  • Enhanced sickness pay.
  • Business-leading maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave.
  • Access to a life insurance entitlement of six times your annual salary.
  • Access to a wide-range of physical, emotional, financial, and social wellbeing programmes, tools, and incentives.

Security Clearance and Eligibility

Important information regarding this role: This role is for a locally hired position in the UK and candidates must have current legal authorisation to work immediately in the UK. Boeing will not attempt to obtain immigration and / or labour sponsorship for any applicants. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of Boeing US based payroll.

Please note that this role will require you to undergo a security clearance check (Security Check [SC]; please view further information about this here).


Export Control Requirements: This is not an Export Control position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

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Your Benefits

No matter where you are in life, our benefits help prepare you for the present and the future.

  • Competitive base pay and incentive programs.
  • Industry-leading tuition assistance program pays your institution directly.
  • Resources and opportunities to grow your career.
  • Up to $10,000 match when you support your favorite nonprofit organizations.
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