Strategic Buyer

5 months ago

Warwick, United Kingdom Contechs Full time

**Strategic Buyer**

**Duration: 14 Month Rolling Contract**

**Location: Gaydon**

**Working for our prestigious customer in the automotive industry.**

**£37.00 per hour - Inside IR35 - Umbrella Rate**

**The Opportunity**
- Responsible for sourcing in line with Strategy Category Plan (SCP) through the Global Sourcing Process to the point of Contract / Purchase Order for their sub categories
- Lead continuous improvements in purchasing activities by supporting COE initiatives / activities for their respective sub categories
- Responsible for internal stakeholder alignment on strategy and sourcing, including key focus on regional inputs and regional deployment for their sub categories
- Responsible for global category strategy development and deployment to deliver company cost and quality targets through sourcing within the Global markets for their sub categories
- Support delivery team in supplier relationships through the Contract Management and Supplier Performance Management process for their sub categories

**Key Performance Indicators**
- Savings in line with the savings target (Budgetary and Value Add) for their sub categories
- SCP Approvals in line with targets for their sub categories
- Supplier rationalisation in line with targets for their sub categories
- Sourcing timing / GSP / Sourcing Board Review adherence and First Time Through for their sub categories
- Contract Management KPI’s tbc (Change management, ongoing cost performance, problem resolution timing etc. etc.) for their sub categories

**Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities / Category Strategy**
- Responsible for SCP delivery, ensuring completion line with annual SCP targets for their sub categories
- Responsible for ensuring the SCP is kept up to date in line with the annual review target for their sub categories
- Accountable for ensuring analytics on suppliers, market and business requirements is available for their sub categories (Analytics will be provided by the Analyst function)

**Sourcing**
- Responsible for delivering sourcing in line with policy and to agreed targets through GSP and deploying Total Cost of Ownership approach
- Accountable for leading complex supplier negotiations including legal and financial approval pre Contract / Purchase Order, engaging specialist teams and Global Purchasing Finance as required for their sub category
- Responsible for Global Strategy Approach Document submission and GSP process adherence for their sub category
- Lead Stakeholder alignment in relation to strategy creation and implementation for their sub category
- Ensure alignment with Regional Buying Colleagues to ensure strategic / tactical sourcing is in line with strategy for their sub category
- Responsible for their sub category delivery against savings targets
- Identify Make vs Buy and business justification when required and support analysis for their sub category
- Responsible for supply chain risk management for their sub category
- Responsible for ensuring regional buying teams are adhering to the sub category strategy within the region.

**Knowledge, Skills and Experience**

**Essential**:

- Experience of indirect procurement of goods and services
- MCIPS or working towards the qualification
- Experience of negotiating terms and conditions
- Commercial awareness and negotiation skills
- Understand category management principles
- Strategic thinking
- Global business understanding and experience
- Relationship management - internal and external
- Category knowledge and demonstrated experience
- Flexibility and agility to be able to adjust to changing business needs
- Hybrid working with main site is Gaydon with 1-day minimum and 1-day minimum at a stakeholder site, mainly Solihull and the West Midlands area

**Excellent opportunity with immediate starts available.**

**Salary**: £37.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Life insurance
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Warwick, CV35 0RR

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