Junior Buyer

Do you have a positive and effective interaction at various levels with customers?????
Can you work closely with operations, sourcing and the finance department to be key to a successful managent of the role??
**Exciting new opportunity for a junior buyer to join our client in Burton On Trent
Hours: **Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm**
Salary**:£25,000 PA**
Main Purpose** - Support the development of the categories and delivery of required business objectives.
- Undertake strategic sourcing activities in line with business practice ensuring that these are undertaken with due regard to business policy and legal requirements.
- Proactively manage both internal and external stakeholders in terms of meetings and communications to ensure a high level of commitment is secured during the sourcing process and implementation, promoting the effective management of suppliers to sustainvalue throughout the life of the contract.
- Undertake supply market research to ensure that the required participants and products/ services are continually in scope and undertake financial analysis to ensure that best value is achieved at all times.
- Proactively manage the post-contractual environment to ensure that all terms and conditions are being applied and related benefits secured.
- Meet business contractual, savings and participation objectives are met on a continual basis. Where these are not being met, provide, and deliver a plan to meet said objectives.
- To manage risks and conflicts to derive benefits for both public and private customers
- To assume responsibility for the execution of your categories in the overall workplan.
- Support as required the development and delivery of the procurement Strategy across the team.
- Define and manage key supplier relationships to deliver breakthrough performance in cost, service, and quality, including technical input to negotiations on strategically significant contracts and negotiation and management of third-party service providers.
- Work to achieve agreed annual departmental cost savings targets for the annual budget process.**

**Skills, Experience and Qualifications**:

- Good level proficiency in MS Office including Office 365.
- Some knowledge of ERP, CRM and MRP systems would be an advantage.
- “Cloud” and other digital data storage systems.
- Good stakeholder management skills (internal and external)
- Ability to prioritise own workload within a complex environment with changing priorities and deadlines. Skills to manage multiple priorities and commitments with strong diary management skills.
- Ability to analyse, evaluate and recommend supplier quote returns
- Ability to negotiate.
- Develop appreciation of the range of procurement categories
- Competent Project Manager
- Previous experience in a similar role is advantageous.
- Proactive and positive approach with a can-do attitude
- Highly organised with a thorough approach to work.
- Integrity and ability to manage confidential information.
- Flexible and receptive to change.