What you will do

Johnson Controls currently have a fantastic opportunity for a senior buyer who is keen to develop their career in a fast paced, exciting and rewarding environment.

Johnson Controls rely on authorised and approved Subcontractors to carry out installation and service works for our customers on sophisticated high value projects within the fire suppression sectors. You will work closely with the Procurement Manager, Buying Team and key partners, understanding spend requirements and achieving competitive prices. You will lead commercial and contractual interactions with external suppliers and be responsible for implementing and supporting the creation of key subcontractor partnership strategies based on internal requirements, supply market analysis and cost models. In addition, you will have some responsibility for the Procurement of third party fire suppression components.

How you will do it

• You will support the Category Manager to create and implement sourcing plans & strategies.
• Work closely with internal partners to understand business requirements and translate into sourcing strategy.
• Drive contract and category price negotiations across the portfolio.
• Handle subcontractor K.P.Is and S.L.As.
• Maintain relationships and post-contract value creation.
• Support the function to provide the end to end procurement process; delivering cost savings, spend under management & driving innovation.
• Build & update pipeline activity & tracking delivery against plans.
• Work in the procurement department alongside members of the pre-bid and post-bid teams.
• Manage all subcontractor accounts including subcontractor on boarding, evaluations and audits.
• Play an active role in the procurement and management of subcontract tender packages.
• Support and mentor the Buying team which may include interns at times.
• Support and drive the use of eProcurement methodologies.

What we look for

Required

• Experience in a buyer position or engineering role involving some element of procurement.
• IT Literacy, in particular with MS Office and ERPs.
• Proactive, adaptable & flexible approach.
• Confident communicator with collaborators at all levels.
• Organised with attention to detail.
• Aim to ‘make things happen’ and build opportunities.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Commercial awareness & highly numerical.
• Creative problem solver.

Preferred

We’d ideally love our senior buyer to be CIPS qualified and have experience using e-procurement software, along with exposure or understanding of fire suppression. However, this opportunity can equally be seen as a fantastic opportunity for the right person with a fire suppression, plumbing, HVAC, construction, or quantity surveying background to progress their career into procurement.