Senior Sub Contract Buyer


Company:	Morson Talent
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	EH5 2XS
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	4 Nov 2026

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Summary

Morson Edge are currently recruiting for a Senior Subcontract Buyer, to be based out of Edinburgh, on behalf of our Aerospace clients, on an initial 6-month contact.

The role of a Senior Sub-Contract Buyer at our clients offers a wide variety of experiences and is both exciting and challenging in its nature. This role in particular represents a unique opportunity to contribute to the Laser and EO development projects.

This role will involve actively working in a matrix organisation structure supporting a variety of complex assignments for Development Integrated Project Teams (IPT’s) in the Laser and EO sector. The focus for this role will be the management of complex sub-contract commitments for requirements that require both tactical and strategic thinking.

The IPTs demand associated with Development continues to grow within the Laser & EO Sector and requires any individual successfully appointed able to translate complex, early concept customer requirements and ensure that these are carefully flowed down to subcontractors ensuring back-to-back campaigns and project execution. The ability to build, foster and create value with strategic partners and suppliers is essential.

What you’ll bring

• Lead the delivery of sub-contract activities and other procurement related services which may be required by the business

• Lead relationships with our client’s suppliers, holding reviews, ensuring performance management, risks and impacts.

• Negotiate complex agreements and risk/reward mechanisms for business case models

• Translate customer / project requirements into commercial documents, particularly pertaining to the design, development and production of bespoke complex electronic systems and sub-systems

• Understand mechanisms of mitigating risk associated with entering into commercial agreements

• Develop and negotiate robust contracts for services, intangible and tangible deliverables

• Working in collaboration with cross functional stakeholders to ensure the flowdown of appropriate terms and conditions from customer contracts to enable compliance with contractual obligations and mitigate commercial / contractual risks

• Promotes customer intimacy in both internal and external relationships

• Focal point for project and suppliers regarding contract and supply base matters

• Drives and leads strategies to influence business decisions throughout the project life cycle

• Identify solutions for complex areas of potential risk /opportunity e.g. sub-contract risk, IPR, liability and exchange rate exposure etc. and deliver solutions/mitigations

You really must have:

• Requires technical training to degree standard, professional qualification and/or significant domain experience (studying towards or achievement of MCIPS is preferred)

• Demonstrated collaboration, communication, planning, problem solving, influencing, decision making and continuous improvement skills

• A good working knowledge and understanding of Procurement within the Defence/Aerospace industry (or a similar sector) and ability to apply them with minimal supervision and direction

If this role is of interest, please apply below or contact Alex

(

Alex.Rutter@morson-edge.com) for more information.

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