# Buyer

Job Role: Buyer Working Hours: Monday to Thursday 7.30 am to 4.15 pm and Friday finish at 12 noon - basic weekly hours 37.5 Competitive Package and Benefits - annual bonus, Employers Pension Contribution up to 10%, 6 x basic annual salary life assurance scheme, bronze cover health cash plan, 24/7 employee assistance programme, in person occupational health. Essential Functions To coordinate and manage all purchasing activities on site, including purchase order administration, KPI monitoring and reporting, contract negotiation, identification of new suppliers and identification of cost saving opportunities. Your services will be supporting other areas of the business. Our new Buyer, will be an experienced Purchasing professional who has or is working towards Degree / CIPS - qualified with a minimum of two years purchasing experience.Must have both administration and strategic purchasing experience, ideally gained in a manufacturing environment.Strong negotiator who is determined to succeed. Self motivated with the ability to see what needs doing and pursue an objective through to completion despite obstacles.Good communication and influencing skills and able to work with other depar

- **Id**: 4148416
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/howmet-aerospace-buyer>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T08:00:46Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T08:11:35Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3891
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Metals & Metallurgy, Automotive Components

## Company

- **Id**: 2065140
- **Name**: Howmet Aerospace
- **Domain**: howmet.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/howmet>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 57
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.596
- **Repost share**: 0.035
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 48
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T08:11:35Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.602
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 48
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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