Your new company, a leading automotive manufacturing company, is seeking an experienced procurement expert to join their fast-paced team. Your new role as Senior Buyer / Commodity Manager will play a pivotal role in managing procurement / sourcing activity in a high-value spend area, ensuring that optimal value for money is achieved and key stakeholder relationships are managed effectively. The Senior Buyer / Commodity Manager will build key commercial relationships with suppliers, and you will also work with key internal stakeholders to ensure that Six Sigma projects are defined and implemented.

The Senior Buyer / Commodity Manager will devise and implement appropriate commodity strategies for the short, medium and long-term. Striving to deliver cost savings, you will lead on a number of cost-reduction projects across key areas of commodity expenditure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage procurement / sourcing activity in a high-value spend area
• Build key commercial relationships with suppliers
• Work with key internal stakeholders to ensure Six Sigma projects are defined and implemented
• Devise and implement appropriate commodity strategies for the short, medium and long-term
• Lead on a number of cost-reduction projects across key areas of commodity expenditure

Requirements:

• Procurement experience gained within an automotive manufacturing or engineering environment
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and management skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Confident at negotiation and influencing
• Ideally, you will be CIPS qualified or partially qualified
• Good ICT skills and able to pick up new systems quickly