Strategic Procurement Specialist

4 weeks ago


Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom Elevation Recruitment Group Full time

Job Description

Strategic Buyer Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Buyer to join our team at Elevation Recruitment Group. As a Strategic Buyer, you will be responsible for ensuring a sustainable and best value supply chain is in place to meet current and future needs of the business.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for supplier assessment & selection process.
  • Develop innovative supplier partnerships to create a lean supply chain.
  • Create and develop the strategic direction for all assigned commodity groups.
  • Review current supply base to ensure "fit for purpose" against strategic objectives.
  • Ensure Long Term Agreements (LTA) are in place for all strategic commodity groups.
  • Implement Purchasing/Supplier Scorecard to monitor & report on supplier performance to compliment business objectives on:
    • Cost
    • Quality
    • Delivery Inventory
    • Lead Supplier Development and Improvement initiatives
    • Lead times
    • OTIF
    • Reduce or eliminate all non-value adding activity
    • Identify Supplier cost savings including VA (Value Added) & VE (Value Engineering) initiatives
    • Manage tactical escalation of supplier issues across the group
    • Management of Supply Chain activities related to NPD and Engineering changes
    • Identify areas of risk in the supply chain, effectively prioritise, develop and implement plans to mitigate such risks
    • Conduct logistic analysis to determine most cost effective, efficient modes and methods with both suppliers and customers
    • Monitor and report Purchase Price Index (PPI) to create and implement improvement plans

Your Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or related field (preferable).
  • 3 years purchasing experience within the automotive industry.
  • Computer literate (MS Office).
  • Good written, verbal and presentation skills.
  • Excellent negotiation skills.
  • Proven ability to develop and execute Commodity Strategies
  • Experience of International Purchasing (preferable).
  • Willing to Travel and hold a current International Driver's License


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