Senior Buyer

4 weeks ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Lean Engineering Recruitment Ltd Full time

Senior Buyer

Location: Milton Keynes

**Salary**: Circa £37k

My client is a well established manufacturer and are now looking for a Senior Buyer to join their team. The Senior Buyer will be responsible for establishing new sources, negotiating with suppliers, developing, and managing supplier relationships, conductingmarket and commodity research and analysing market and supply chain trends.

Senior Buyer - Job Role:

- Managing a defined commodity and key suppliers, responsible for developing and maintaining a competitive and reliable supply base that is capable of supporting all current production and new programme supply requirements
- Creation and management of cross functional commodity sourcing strategies which are designed to deliver a robust and sustainable supply base and significant value to the business
- Capacity and lead time analysis to ensure the current and future build requirements are achieved and protected by the supply base
- Develop and maintain effective supplier relationships to ensure the highest levels of quality, delivery reliability and cost effectiveness are achieved.
- Management of all risk management activities, including supply contract agreements, designed to deliver a robust and sustainable supply base
- Driving and leading all cost disciplines across the company through early supplier engagement, design to cost and hidden cost initiatives in the infancy stages of new programmes
- Accountable for the successful delivery of key performance objectives including material cost reductions (direct and indirect) in all current and future projects
- Provide support to Design / Engineering / Manufacturing and QA departments to investigate and successfully implement new components, innovations and technologies identified the supply base research
- Continuous seeking of measurable performance improvement opportunities
- Representing the Purchasing department in cross functional meetings, ensuring compliance to the purchasing processes ad recommending improvements to processes and ways of working to maximise effectiveness and efficiencies
- Mentor and provide support to buyers, coordinators and the supply chain team designed to aid their development and progression

Senior Buyer - Person Requirements:

- 5 years purchasing experience
- Experience of supplier management including supplier section, contract negotiations and supplier performance management
- Experience of delivering against key metrics and business critical paths
- Ability to communicate and influence a broad range of stakeholders
- Fully conversant with MS Office software and its use as a management tool
- MRP / ERP experience
- CIPS or equivalent recognised qualification
- Enthusiastic, motivated individual who can operate at the highest level within a dynamic environment
- Confident and professional manner when dealing with internal and external customers and stakeholders
- Task performance driven and keen to progress, with a passion to succeed
- Innovative mindset, with the ability to generate new ideas and translate them into tangible results
- A strong individual capable of working on own initiative whilst being an excellent team player

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