Strategic Buyer

2 weeks ago

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Nigel Wright Full time

**The Role**
This role offers a unique remit of both Strategic Purchasing and Project Management.

Project Management:

- Representing Purchasing at key project meetings
- Collaborating cross-functionally with Project Engineering
- Project coordination, progress tracking, updating costing models
- Acting as a conduit and facilitating communication between Strategic Purchasing, Tactical Purchasing/Supply Chain and other key functions
- Ensuring adherence to cost targets, focus upon value for money, project milestones, highlighting design changes and areas of risk

Strategic Purchasing
- supporting Strategic Commodity Buyers as required:

- Managing day to day supply issues (quality, availability etc.) liaising with and supporting Planning
- Developing commodity strategy - focusing upon quality, delivery and cost
- Global/new supplier sourcing in line with R&D requirements
- Managing and monitoring supplier performance, conducting supplier visits and -audits/-development activities
- Supporting and liaising with key internal stakeholders and wider teams to problem-solve and drive process improvements

**The Business**
Nigel Wright Supply Chain and Procurement Division are working closely with a well established specialist manufacturer to recruit a Strategic Buyer to support significant business growth.
**The Individual**
- Proven strategic procurement track record, ideally from Manufacturing/Engineering sector
- Project Management/Project Purchasing experience
- Understanding of material flow (i.e. tactical purchasing/planning) essential - able to ‘hit the ground running’
- Previous negotiation experience essential
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills - confident to challenge and represent Purchasing in internal Project meetings
- Resilient and adaptable to changing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic working environment
- Proactive, assertive, confident decision maker
- Hands-on, can do attitude - willing to get involved in work to support the wider team and Business as a whole

If you would like to hear further details of this varied opportunity, please get in touch

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