Strategic Buyer
Owen Daniels • Portsmouth, Hampshire • Posted July 13, 2026
About the Role
Our client is a rapidly growing business designing some of the most innovative and interesting applications for the marine industry.
Strategic Buyer
Marine applications
Contract – Outside IR35 9-12 months
Purpose of Role:
The role acts as the key interface between suppliers and internal engineering teams, ensuring that design and procurement activities are aligned to deliver technically compliant, manufacturable and cost-effective solutions. Working closely with Engineering, Operations and Quality functions, the role supports the successful development and introduction of new products by influencing component and supplier selection, providing design-for-manufacture expertise, and ensuring supply chain considerations are embedded throughout the design process.
The position is responsible for identifying and developing capable suppliers, sourcing technically complex components and services, driving supplier performance, mitigating supply chain risks, and ...
Strategic Buyer
Marine applications
Contract – Outside IR35 9-12 months
Purpose of Role:
The role acts as the key interface between suppliers and internal engineering teams, ensuring that design and procurement activities are aligned to deliver technically compliant, manufacturable and cost-effective solutions. Working closely with Engineering, Operations and Quality functions, the role supports the successful development and introduction of new products by influencing component and supplier selection, providing design-for-manufacture expertise, and ensuring supply chain considerations are embedded throughout the design process.
The position is responsible for identifying and developing capable suppliers, sourcing technically complex components and services, driving supplier performance, mitigating supply chain risks, and ...