Senior Buyer

Anderson Knight is currently engaged with a key client who is seeking to recruit the position of Senior Buyer to join their existing team. Our client is a reputable and well known operation who enjoys interests across the UK & Ireland.

**Reporting to the Director of Procurement, the key duties and responsibilities of this role will include**:

- Influence and encourage procurement change and engagement across the wider business
- Execute the Procurement strategies to meet business objectives and compliance
- Support business groups with indirect procurement up to a total category spend of £60m per annum
- Lead and coordinate the issuing of tenders and evaluation of returns
- Use of E-Tendering and digitizing processes with a view to streamlining them
- Introduce Supplier Relationship Management, including the development and introduction of quarterly reviews using a balanced scorecard tailored to reach business function
- End to end contract lifecycle management, including analysis of supplier proposals, negotiating contract terms through supplier quarterly performance reviews and KPI's
- In each negotiation and contract maximise the value and manage the costs effectively to ensure best value that delivers towards financial objectives
- Experience of negotiating best value and managing supply and customer contracts for long term relationships
- Ability to influence and collaborate with various business functions
- Strong presentation skills
- Ability to oversee the end to end management of contracting processes
- Strategic mindset
- Qualified CIPS (preferred)

**Salary**: £45,000.00-£50,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person