Buyer Senior Buyer

1 month ago

Seaham County Durham, United Kingdom ECATERING Full time

we live our brand in ‘Backing Britain’s Best’. One of the UK’s leading catering equipment and packaging specialists with customers throughout the UK and Ireland and is here to disrupt the hospitality industry, providing quality products to Britain’s best caterers.

Currently undergoing digital transformation to improve customer experience.

Brand Personality
• Job Title: Senior Buyer
Purchasing
ASAP
Reports to: Global Procurement and Supply Chain Director
Working Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
Purchasing
Annual holiday entitlement: 20 Days + Bank Holidays and Birthday off


As Senior Buyer you will be responsible for spearheading the purchasing process from selecting suppliers negotiating to receive the best price, buying, ensuring stock optimization, as well as provide guidance on sourcing and procurement processes.

Performance Objectives/KPIs

Enhance Supplier Performance
Streamline Procurement Processes
Increase Contract Compliance
Optimize Inventory Management
Implement risk mitigation strategies
Working to KPIs to ensure maximum return from warehousing space and ensuring the top A category items are maintained in stock 100% of the time.
• Identifying, managing, and mitigating risks in the supply chain
• Locating and working with opportunities within the supply chain.
• Maintain system accuracy, including lead-time, pricing, current supplier information, current purchase order data, etc.
• Assist in the search of new suppliers of goods and services, assess and risk as necessary.
• Manage item change process to include deletions, sub-rules, and unit of measure changes.
• Collaborate with senior management on stock/non-stock items.
• Assists other departments with problem resolution involving discrepancies between purchase order, delivered quantity, quality and/or price.
• Review and modify demand forecasts for inventory items, purchasing systems, and reporting tools.
• Working with the team and managing the team with a positive the approach and attitude through effective one-to-one meetings with individuals as well as maintaining excellent standards of performance.
• Work in accordance with company policies and procedures and any other relevant legislation.
• Be flexible in approach, prioritize workload and respond to crisis to ensure the necessary provisions are maintained.
• Supply chain certification (CSCP, CPIM, CFPIM)
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and project a professional image.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with good relationship building skills.
• Experience in buying catering equipment is a plus
• Ability to lead projects and negotiate with cross functional teams and multitask.
• Strong administrative and data management skills
• Experience in delivering competitive advantage to the business through development and implementation of sourcing strategies for the spend category.
• Qualification of purchasing negotiation
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