Buyer

6 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Johnson Controls Full time

**What you will do**

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Buyer for our fire systems and integrated security business. Working closely with the Procurement Manager, Category Managers and key partners you'll understand spend requirements, agree prices and contracts with suppliers to achieve cost book and savings targets. You will handle commercial and contractual interactions with external companies along with implementing and supporting the creation of key supplier partnership business plans based on internal requirements, supplier market analysis and cost models in order to achieve long-term working relationships that enable both supplier and JCI market growth.

**How you will do it**
- Support the Procurement Manager and Senior Buyer to build and implement sourcing plans
- Provide pre-bid support for major projects, inclusive of full tender management where appropriate
- Work closely with internal partners to understand business requirements and translate into a sourcing strategy
- Drive effective contract and category conversations across the portfolio
- Take ownership of supplier quarterly business review meetings and monitor supplier performance and service levels.
- Maintain relationships and post-contract value creation
- Support the end to end procurement process; delivering cost savings, spend under management & driving innovation
- Build & update pipeline activity & tracking delivery against plans
- Support supplier management processes including supplier on boarding, performance evaluations and audits
- Create and deliver RFXs activities where appropriate using eSourcing platforms to deliver effective solution proposals to the business for sourcing decisions

**What we look for**

**Required**
- Experience in a buyer or procurement role, either direct or indirect.
- Confident communication and presentation skills, ability to own conversations with partners and external suppliers at all levels.
- Ability to engage, acquire sponsorship and influence senior level partners as well as peers.
- Ability to drive category and supplier decision-making by gathering, analysing and summarizing data and information into logical conclusions.
- Experience in MS Office and Procurement processes including eProcurement suites
- Skilled in prioritising multiple responsibilities and working independently
- Experience working within a team, being organised, proactive and adaptable to achieve both individual and common goals
- Resilience, desire to ‘make things happen’ and build opportunities
- Commercial awareness & highly numerical negotiator
- Ability to work within defined processes

**Preferred**

We'd ideally love you to have construction industry or mechanical/electrical/fire & security procurement experience along with CIPS qualification.

**What we offer**

If successful, we can offer you a company culture that promotes work life balance, a commitment to continued learning and development, access to mental health support, a fantastic benefits package which includes a competitive salary, bonus, pension, life assurance, employee assistance program, employee referral scheme and a variety of discounts and voluntary benefit schemes.

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