Category Buyer
3 days ago
**Category Buyer**
**£32 to £38/hr - Inside IR35 (Fully dependent on experience)**
**Peterlee/Remote - Hybrid**
**18 month initial contract**
**Role Responsibility: Sourcing strategy, cost management, contract negotiation, supplier relationships, assurance of supply, supplier risk sensing, audits processes, etc**
Job Role Expectations | Functional / Technical Skills
- Responsible and accountable for directing the development, and/or communication and implementation of a site, regional, or worldwide sourcing strategy.
- Responsible for managing policies, agreements, source catalogs, and special purchasing programs, and supporting specific Product line(s) NPI programs. Accountable for the liaison with the corresponding Category/Platform based Buyers.
- Provides leadership for sourcing, logistics and resource management decisions.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives and purchasing new product introduction activities within Purchasing.
- Demonstrates leadership in recognizing the potential for cost and inventory reductions, and quality improvement; as well as responsibility for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment.
- Mentors and develops other Buyers, SQEs, and Purchasing Analysts (where assigned). Promotes the highest level of professionalism and business ethics.
- Purchasing, logistics, manufacturing, and/or engineering
- Category team or product team experience
- Project leadership experience
- Understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles and Continuous Process Improvement (CPI)
- Understanding of QCLDM
- Knowledge of purchasing strategy and supplier sourcing strategies
For further information, please give me a call on or send your interest and CV to
- Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business.
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