Lead Buyer: Direct Procurement

3 weeks ago


Stevenage, United Kingdom Electus Recruitment Solutions Full time

**Lead Buyer: Direct Procurement**

Do you thrive on having a direct influence on business strategy within a procurement environment?
The Industrial Policy, Supply Chain and Procurement (ISP) organisation procures and manages supply chain for direct and indirect products and services for both projects and the business, with a total spend of approximately €500M per year across UK, France andItaly.
As a Lead Buyer, you will steer procurement activities in a given category, working with the Category Manager, Supply Chain Manager and other key partners to drive procurement excellence and improvement. You will support the creation and implementation of categorystrategy throughout the business, both nationally and internationally, with the purpose of improving operational efficiency.
Reporting to the Procurement Manager, you will create tenders and negotiate terms and conditions to implement contracts and flexible trading agreements, risk identification and management, understand budget requirements, identifying and implementing opportunitiesfor cost reduction/avoidance, receive demand plans & forecasts for processing to purchase orders and ensuring topicality of order books, implement, monitor and maintain Key Performance Indicators and actively support functional excellence programmes - identifyingand developing areas for improvement.
My Client offers personal development through on the job learning and mentoring, purpose-built training via our Procurement Academy, E-Learning resources and enrolment with Chartered Institutes.
**What we’re looking for from you**:

- Excellent knowledge of strategic and operational procurement processes
- Excellent team player, willing to take lead in your category
- Well-developed communication, negotiation and analytical skills with a strong ability to influence
- Passionate about developing strategy and driving innovation with a continuous improvement approach
- HNC/HND in Business Studies or equivalent qualification or experience, with (achieved or working towards) CIPS level 4 (not essential).

**Overview**:
**Position - Lead Buyer: Direct Procurement
- Permanent**
**Salary - £45k DOE + Bonus + Benefits**
**Location - Stevenage or Bolton**
**Keywords: Lead Buyer, cost reduction/avoidance, implement contracts and flexible trading agreements, risk identification, procurement, category management.**
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be requiredto undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.
**This is a Permanent Role


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