Senior Buyer

5 days ago

Warwickshire, United Kingdom High Profile Resourcing Ltd Full time

**Senior Buyer - Supply Chain Industry**

**Location - Warwickshire and Remote Working**

**Salary: £42-52,000 + car allowance + bonus**

The Procurement team at our market leading supply chain business are looking to recruit an engaging and proactive Senior Buyer.

The Senior Buyer work across defined spend categories/supplier base and execute the procurement strategy on behalf of the procurement function and wider organisation. This role has deep procurement knowledge and hold strong supplier management skills toleverage negotiations and manage enhanced supplier relationships.

**The role**:
Provide input to the strategy, driving down costs, leveraging value deliver (e.g. cost and risk management strategies, service levels, quality, continuous improvements), supporting the business, mitigating business risks

Provide direction to Stakeholders, building excellent working relationships and partnerships, championing use of best practice. Active development of Stakeholder relationships across the business acting as a business partner. Developing relationships betweeninternal stakeholders and suppliers, with good understanding of shared organisational objectives.

Partner with internal stakeholders to identify sourcing opportunities, business requirements, buyer/market profiles, identify market trends, analyse total cost of ownership, and define acceptable service levels.

Lead competitive bidding processes with suppliers to ensure a fair and responsible procurement of services or goods according to companies’ best practices (e.g. tender, e-auction).

Negotiate contracts and coordinate supplier integration plans with internal stakeholders on the largest and most significant procurement activities.

Partner with Procurement Excellence to monitor targets, market dynamics that impact materials/services availability and/or pricing, and organization behaviour.

Establish a clear supplier relationship management process and, with the support of Procurement Excellence, monitor supplier performance metrics to ensure compliance with agreed contractual terms and conditions. Support stakeholders on contract managementand supplier performance review.

Report on and partner in resolving any performance issues on supplier side.

Responsible for managing the spend of defined categories/supplier base and drive compliance to the Procurement policy.

Manage risk throughout spend categories/supplier base.

Oversee transactional activities related to the specific supplier base; supplier onboarding, data management, category spend/reporting and other project activities.

Management and development of the Junior Buyers.

**The person**:
Educated to at least Bachelor degree level and/or CIPS qualified with proven Procurement experience.

Skilled in delivery saving results through strategic sourcing with tangible and demonstrable successes achieved.

Experience with wide variety of procurement projects with value delivered beyond savings.

Experience of working within any of the following: manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, supply chain, logistics, oil & gas industry

Skilled Stakeholder management.

Great knowledge of supplier and risk management.

Strong in continuous improvement methodologies.

Knowledgeable on implementing and tracking of KPIs.

Analytical and organised.

Strong commercial knowledge and knowledge of related procurement processes, tools, and competences.

Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, and communication skills to multiple levels of the organisation.

Results driven, great commercial and negotiation skills.

Capacity to influence with integrity to our organisational principles.

Function well in a high-paced demanding environment.

Strong in stakeholder and supplier management.

To be considered for the above opportunity you must be eligible to live and work in UK and hold a full driving licence that is valid for you to drive in the UK.

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