Senior Buyer Indirect
Date: Jan 19, 2026
Location: Papendrecht, NL
Company: GKN Aerospace Careers
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
Negotiation & implementation of country specific corporate contracts for GKN Aerospace. Implement commodity strategies, developed by Category Managers, which leverage GKN Aerospace’s spend to deliver significant annual improvements in cost and service levels. Coordinating implementation of contracts through the P2P function at sites and manage compliance. Work with cross functional stakeholder teams to identify business needs and implement contracts which support.
Job Responsibilities
- Accountable for delivery of the targeted savings identified as part of annual planning reviews to improve bottom line profitability of GKN Aerospace.
- Negotiate contracts, not covered by Regional/global strategies, where leverage opportunities are identified within country/area of responsibilit
- Contribute to ongoing development of Aerospace Commodity strategy for areas of responsibility
- Actively participate in stakeholder teams within country/area of responsibility to deliver improvements in contracts (cost, performance, quality) for GKN Aerostructures
- Work with all layers of GKN Aerospace organisation to communicate and gain buy in/ support to commodity strategies.
- Provide analysis & information to senior management on plans and benefits of actions
- Lead key negotiation activities with senior level representatives of suppliers to deliver benefits to business
- Establish data/fact driven analysis of potential opportunities for procurement activities
- Manage Requests for Proposal / Auction activities within commodities across country / area of responsibility.
- Work with sites to ensure compliance to corporate contracts
- Contribute to the development of commodity budgets / forecasts & liaise with sites to embed locally
Job Qualifications
- Knowledge of procurement activities within commodities of responsibility
- Knowledge of supply markets for relevant commodities
- Extensive negotiation experience & skills
- Strong communication skills
- Minimum of 3 years Indirect Commodity experience with 2-3 years in Aerospace industry preferred.
- Ability to engage stakeholders across other functions / sites
- Good analytical skills
- Experience of working within a cross site cross function environment
- Willingness to challenge the status quo to find benefits / opportunities
Whats in it for you?
Besides an innovative and international work environment that offers you a good work-life balance
We offer you opportunities to learn and grow, a competitive salary (Grade L1) pension plan, 29 vacation days / 13 ADV days and travel allowance (from 10 km single journey) as well.
How to apply?
Please apply online by sending us your CV and motivation letter. Due to data privacy reasons we do not handle any applications sent by email.
For additional questions you can contact: Koen van Stigt, Talent Acquisition, via email –Koen.vanStigt@Fokker.com
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
