Procurement Buyer

**Procurement Buyer** required for our client who are one of the UK’s most innovative national supplier & manufacturer. Reporting to the Procurement Manager, the Procurement Buyer works within the Solutions function to provide best practiceprocurement, supply and stock management activities. Purchasing goods for resale to meet customer requirements including liaison and negotiation with suppliers, sourcing products from a global supply base and preparing and evaluating tenders.
The Procurement buyer will also be responsible for supporting of the company’s procurement strategy in order to deliver cost savings and process improvements and ensuring that the company’s competitive position is maintained and enhanced at all times.
**Key duties & responsibilities**:
**Supplier Relationships**
- Manage relationships with existing suppliers and identify new alternative suppliers
- Negotiate most advantageous commercial terms including maximising rebate agreements and early payment discounts to achieve product cost saving targets
- Maximise supplier contributions through Marketing budgets, transport discounts and other funding streams available
- Liaise with suppliers to achieve supplier conformance to ACS requirements

**Purchasing**
- Identify best routes of source, yielding improved BP and savings.
- Competitively source new/special products through supplier relationship or by the Insight team request
- Working with QC and Compliance on product rationalisation and using this where possible to negotiate improved BP.
- Grow and develop our Private Label product portfolio.
- Providing administrative support on all aspects of the tender process including data gathering, desk-based sourcing, collation of quotations and cost comparison, supplier evaluation and collation of samples.

**Skills & experience required**:

- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate with suppliers.
- Assertive, resilient and welcomes change
- A proactive approach with regards to cost saving and efficiency opportunities.
- Good numerical and analytical skills.
- Ability to work along with other departments as a team player
- Purchasing and stock control/supply chain experience ideally gained in a fast moving, customer-focused business
- Must be keen to or have commenced studying towards CIPS membership
- Excellent Word and Excel Skills and preferably with working knowledge of SAP Business One
- Experience of working in a similar customer focused (preferably distribution) environment managing the inventory for a very large number of product lines

**Working Hours**: 8.30am to 5.00pm are the hours of work, 30 mins for lunch.
**Salary Guide**: £28k to £32k depending on experience.
**Excellent benefits package included.