Senior Procurement Specialist

4 days ago


Essex, United Kingdom Bennett And Game Recruitment Full time
Job Summary

Bennett And Game Recruitment is seeking a highly skilled Senior Buyer to join our team. As a Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for managing the purchasing process for our company, ensuring that we receive high-quality products at competitive prices.

Key Responsibilities
  • Review current stock holdings, sales run rates, manufacturing lead times, and supplier MOQ to forecast future demand and calculate stock requirements.
  • Raise all Purchase Orders for all items with nominated suppliers and oversee the despatch and shipping process.
  • Monitor Freight Reports and chase suppliers to ensure timely delivery of all agreed shipments and update expected delivery dates on the system.
  • Co-ordinate with central warehouse team for Booking-In of Orders and prioritisation of urgent deliveries.
  • Identify and nominate slow selling and over stocked items for Marketing team for promotional opportunities and price action.
  • Inform Stock control when supply is to be limited to specified customers in times of stock constraint.
  • Develop a detailed working knowledge of all CE Certification appropriate to the nominated Products and Product Categories.
  • Source all required CE Certification and Test Reports and assist the Technical Team to ensure ongoing Product Compliance.
  • Maintain Factory Benchmarking for the purchasing of current items to ensure competitive Cost Pricing for the nominated range of Products and Product Categories from current Suppliers.
  • Negotiate Cost savings with the nominated Suppliers leveraging the latest Market information - Competitor Pricing, Raw Material Pricing, Currency Exchange rates.
  • Maintain the most favourable Commercial Terms with the nominated Suppliers.
  • Manage the nominated Suppliers to ensure that all shipments meet quality requirements and are consistent with the pre-shipment sample.
  • Initiate compensation claims with Suppliers for substandard quality products or failure under Warranty, including managing return to factory if necessary.
  • Responsible for Continuous Product Improvement across all nominated Suppliers.
  • Monitor product failure rates and feedback all Service Reports to the nominated Suppliers.
  • Manage the process of Product modification and upgrade with the Supplier to reduce failure rates, repair costs, and service time.
  • Identify new items for sourcing for the Product portfolio.
  • Manage the process of Factory Benchmarking, Supplier Review, Negotiation, and Product selection.
Requirements
  • Previous experience in a similar role.
  • Previous experience in a similar industry.
Benefits
  • Salary dependent on experience.
  • Full-time 8:30am - 6pm (5pm Friday) Holidays: 20 days + 8.
  • Fully on-site role.


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