Leonardo
Senior Buyer
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Job Description
Salary: £45,000 - 51,500
Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.
Your Impact
The Radar and Advanced Targeting line of business, based in Edinburgh, is uniquely positioned as one of the world's top manufacturers of radars, lasers, and infra-red countermeasure systems.
An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen to join our Edinburgh Operations function as a Senior Supply Chain Buyer in our Return to Vendor (RTV) line of business. The successful candidate will report to the RTV Team Leader.
The Return to Vendor (RTV) Senior Buyer is responsible for managing and executing the end-to-end return process for defective, non-conforming, or repair materials within the SAP S/4HANA system. This role also ensures that the RTV Buyers in the team get hands-on training and support where appropriate. The role ensures timely and accurate processing of vendor returns, including creation of return purchase orders, coordination of logistics, and resolution of supplier issues, while maintaining maximum data integrity and compliance within the functions reporting and processes.
The Senior RTV Buyer manages critical suppliers with large dependencies on Engineering to support the resolution of the constraint. The Senior RTV Buyer collaborates closely with procurement material leads (conduit into the business project teams) to communicate supply dependency's, recover costs, and the latest supply plan from the supplier. The Senior RTV buyer shall maintain effective supplier relationships and champion all escalations. Leveraging SAP S/4HANA functionality, the role drives efficient transaction processing, accurate documentation, and reporting to support continuous improvement in RTV supply performance.
What You’ll Bring
- Responsible for ensuring 100% accuracy in the RTV supply plan for their supplier portfolio.
- Responsible for driving resolution of all Supplier dependency's that are constraining the RTV supply plan through effective engagement with Material Lead as conduit into IPT’s.
- Supports the development of the team through on-the-job training or mentoring.
- Ensures all RTV/Repair Purchase orders list exact fault information that allows the Supplier to fully understand the requirement prior to releasing the purchase order.
- Ensures weekly communication with Suppliers.
- Arrange and deliver supplier visits where necessary.
- Cover for the Team Leader when necessary.
- Ensure any Supplier generated Problems Reports / Concessions are inputted into SAP (where appropriate) and communicated to the Material Lead.
- Clearance of any invoice queries relating to your order book.
- Escalate supply constraints and risks appropriately.
- Fully support weekly sector RTV call and maintain actions via team planner.
- Provide input and attend monthly RTV Performance Review meetings (RPRs).
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Key Performance Indicators
- Promise Date accuracy in the 100-day window 100%.
- Weekly updates (from supplier feedback) on all Purchase order promise dates.
- Supplier dependencies fully understood and actions appropriately.
- Demonstrated Performance Pack KPIs ownership within portfolio of suppliers.
- Adherence to Process set contained within BMS.
- Adherence to Leonardo behaviours.
- Adherence to all Legal and Company SHE standards and procedures.
- Provides effective team training.
- Provides and delivers action plans coming from supplier visits.
Security Clearance
This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting.
Why Join Us
At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we’re here to help you thrive.
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- Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
- Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
- Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
- Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
- Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
- Refer a Friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
- Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
- Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part-time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.
For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.
Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.
At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.
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Primary Location
GB - Edinburgh
Contract Type
Permanent
Hybrid Working
Hybrid
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