Howdens Joinery are looking for an **Indirect Buyer** to join the Indirect Procurement Team based at our Howden office in Howden Yorkshire. This role offers a Buying professional an excellent opportunity to support the indirect sourcing activitiesfor our Logistics and Supply Chain functions, ensuring supply strategies support our stakeholders needs and underpin wider business objectives.

A confident communicator, who can build and maintain excellent working relationships, you will work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders across the business, managing a complex and varied spend category of c£130m.Reporting to the Indirect ProcurementManager, we are looking for a commercial thinker who is highly organised, and analytical, with a desire to continue to develop and build a career in Buying.

**What will I be doing?**
- Responsible for the renewal, development and implementation of new contracts and renegotiating the commercial needs of the business
- Work proactively to understand the internal and external influences that drive innovation, cost and availability of a variety of product and service categories
- Issuing and managing tenders and RFQ’s
- Rigorous analysis of supplier offers and recommending options aligned to business requirements
- Agreeing pre-purchase requirements including service requirements, lead-times, payment terms with stakeholders
- Agreeing and finalising terms and conditions of supply
- Ensuring indirect supply base is aligned to business core values and requirements
- Reviewing supplier’s capability and ensuring it underpins our growth agenda
- Development of ongoing sourcing strategies for agreement with Procurement Manager and senior management supported by commercial analysis
- Supplier onboarding and commercial negotiations
- Attending supplier sites and other Howden sites in the UK

**What we are looking for**:

- CIPS Qualified or working towards
- Previous indirect procurement experience is essential
- Contract law and commercial contracts understanding
- Strong systems skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Robust analytical skills and pays attention to detail
- Project Management experience with the ability to negotiate
- Able to communicate effectively and build solid working relationships

**What we can offer you**:

- Competitive salary and annual company bonus of 10% with a stretch to 15%
- Competitive Pension Plan with a maximum company contribution of 12%
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
- Free onsite car parking
- Free lunch at our onsite canteen
- Staff Discount
- Exceptional Reward and Recognition events.

**About Howdens**:
Howdens Joinery is the UK’s number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware.We have over 800 depots throughout the UK and Europe and employ more than 11,000 staff.Last year our sales reached over£2bn, and we have an ambitious growth agenda.

Despite our scale, Howdens remains a local business with traditional values. As a British manufacturer, we were founded on the principle that the business should be worthwhile for all concerned. That includes our customers, the homeowners they serve, thelocal communities we operate in, local and national charities, our large network of suppliers, our investors, and of course our people.

As well as the opportunity to develop within a high-profile company, you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in the _**Best Big Companies to Work For**_**.**

**How to apply**

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