Category Buyer

2 weeks ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Elevation Recruitment Full time

Elevation are delighted to be working with an innovative manufacturing business in Sheffield, who are at the forefront of their field of excellence.

This exciting Buyer position is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has 3+ years experience focussing on the strategic side of procurement to join this growing engineering business in Sheffield. You will get regular, in-person interaction with global Executives, delivering progress updates and suggesting creative solutions to supplier issues.

This is a HYRBID role, with 2 days from home paying the £40,000 - £45,000 level.

A full job description is available, but please see a very brief description of the responsibilities of the role:

- Be a crucial, hands-on member of the Procurement team, with responsibility for assessing the positives and risks of current and future Supplier base
- To establish frameworks for new and existing suppliers
- To negotiate new terms with suppliers, ensuring highest price and service
- Set SLAs/KPIs, assess supplier performance and behaviour against framework
- Responsibility for the selection and de-selection of current suppliers, based on framework behaviour
- Work with material planning team to track movement of material, aiding volume and replenishment of stock levels
- Supporting Operational stakeholders with NPD ensuring product Quality and legal compliance
- Must be a confident individual with prior experience in a full Buying/Purchasing role
- Manufacturing experience essential
- Proven experience in onboarding and negotiating Supplier contracts and measuring against Framework KPIs
- Must be able to be on site 3-4 days per week in Sheffield
- Proven understanding of the full Supply Chain including material movement and OTIF
- CIPS or equivalent Degree qualified, or qualifying towards CIPS highly desirable. Study support is offered for anyone wanting to start or complete CIPS

This is a great opportunity for someone wanting to develop their career with an innovative, cutting-edge organisation.

If this sounds of interest, please don’t hesitate to apply


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