Senior Buyer

1 week ago


Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, United Kingdom Calor Gas Ltd Full time

Job no: 506780

Work type:
Permanent full-time

Location:
Warwick

Categories:
Finance

Senior Buyer - Tachbrook Park or Canvey Island

Competitive Salary with Excellent benefits
***_Creating a better world, a better company, and a more fulfilling future _

The Procurement team at Calor Gas are looking to recruit an engaging and proactive Senior Buyer


Working with Stakeholders to provide a comprehensive procurement service across a range of goods and services which meets the needs of and delivers best value to Calor.

Support the Head of Procurement in delivering Calor and SHV Energy procurement value contribution.


Senior Buyer will work across defined high value spend categories/supplier base and execute the procurement strategy on behalf of the procurement function and wider organisation.

This role has deep procurement knowledge and hold strong supplier management skills to leverage negotiations and manage enhanced supplier relationships.

Senior buyers look after the more strategic, broader, and complex procurement requirements, managing portfolio of approx. £100m spend across the business.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Provide input to the procurement strategy, leading strategic projects, driving down costs, leveraging value deliver (e.g., cost and risk management strategies, service levels, quality, continuous improvements), supporting the business, mitigating business risks
  • Provide direction to Stakeholders, building excellent working relationships and partnerships, championing use of best practice. Active development of Stakeholder relationships across the business acting as a business partner. Developing relationships between internal stakeholders and suppliers, with good understanding of shared organisational objectives.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders to identify sourcing opportunities, business requirements, buyer/market profiles, identify market trends, analyse total cost of ownership, and define acceptable service levels.
  • Lead competitive bidding processes with suppliers to ensure a fair and responsible procurement of services or goods according to companies' best practices (e.g. tender, eauction).
  • Negotiate contracts and coordinate supplier integration plans with internal stakeholders on the largest and most significant procurement activities.
  • Partner with Procurement Excellence to monitor targets, market dynamics that impact materials/services availability and/or pricing, and organization behaviour.
  • Establish a clear supplier relationship management process and, with the support of Procurement Excellence, monitor supplier performance metrics to ensure compliance with agreed contractual terms and conditions. Support stakeholders on contract management and supplier performance review.
  • Report on and partner in resolving any performance issues on supplier side.
  • Responsible for managing the spend of defined categories/supplier base and drive compliance to the Procurement policy. Communicate assertively with stakeholders through presentations with clear, coherence and analytical storytelling. Articulate well risks and opportunities.
  • Manage risk throughout spend categories/supplier base.
  • Oversee transactional activities related to the specific supplier base; supplier onboarding, data management, category spend/reporting and other project activities.
  • Management and development of the Junior Buyers.

As such we would like you to have/be:

  • Educated to at least Bachelor degree level and/or CIPS qualified with proven strategic procurement experience.
  • Experience in Operations categories or Quantity Surveyor/Cost Controller function are desirable, but we can support professional development.
  • Skilled in delivery saving results through strategic sourcing with tangible and demonstrable successes achieved.
  • Experience managing complex variety of procurement projects with value delivered beyond savings.
  • Skilled Stakeholder, supplier, and risk management.
  • Knowledgeable on implementing and tracking of KPIs.
  • Analytical with good problemsolving ability.
  • Strong commercial knowledge and experience in procurement processes, tenders, and contracts.
  • Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, and communication skills to multiple levels of the organization with ability to influence stakeholders with clear, coherence and analytical storytelling.
  • To be considered for the above opportunity you must be eligible to live and work in UK and hold a full driving licence that is valid for you to drive in the UK. You must also be medically fit to drive._
- _If you are successful in being offered this role, you may be required to carry out pre-employment checks including but not limited to a DBS (basic disclosure) check._
- _Calor Gas Ltd. _is committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff or users of its services, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age, physical/mental disabi
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