Senior Buyer

at  Ontic

Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for a Senior Buyer to join our Supply Chain team. This role will be based at our Staverton, Gloucestershire site.
Ontic is a more than just a business, we’re a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We’re committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.
The Role:
As a senior buyer you will be a working team leader (estimated 80% working:20% managing) responsible for the quality, cost and delivery performance of the suppliers allocated to your team and Product lines. You will be responsible for ensuring your team’s purchased parts and/or services are supplied on time to support OE production and spares requirements in line with business needs.
You will be required to lead specific supplier relationships, assess and manage supply risks by identifying and implementing countermeasures to mitigate or eliminate any risks to supply. Point of escalation for issues in your team. You may also be required to manage the introduction of new suppliers with the support of the category management and SQA teams in line with the business Source Change process.
About you:
At Ontic, our culture is integral to making sure we enjoy our work and deliver for our customers. While we look for the right skillset, we’re also looking for someone who will thrive within our recognition and empowerment culture.
To be successful in this role you’ll need to have previous experience in a purchasing role and CIPS or a relevant degree. You should be commercially minded with an ability to deliver “outside of the box” solutions a long with excellent negotiation, organisational and communication skills. Strong IT skills, including working knowledge of MS office and ERP systems is also imperative.
Benefits
At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance.

Our benefits package highlights include:

• Up to 37 days paid leave
• 10 hours paid volunteering time
• Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounts and offers from a range of retailers

Best place to work

We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so:

• We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback
• 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic

No day is the same at Ontic; we have doubled in size over the last couple of years and are still in rapid growth. We attribute our success to empowering colleagues to create the opportunity, fostering an environment of autonomy where we ask for forgiveness, not permission.
Our values

Our values are intrinsic to everything we do:

• We share a common sense - we’re a global family of specialists with a shared passion for precision.
• We have the freedom to choose - we’re challengers and innovators with the freedom to think differently and challenge the status quo.
• We create the opportunity - we’re change-makers with a clear direction and can-do spirit.

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you’ll enjoy a career with us

Please refer the Job description for details