Buyer

2 days ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Arnold Clark Full time

We’re currently recruiting for an enthusiastic and ambitious Buyer to work at our Procurement department in Glasgow.

**We offer**:

- 33 days’ annual leave
- Flexible leave
- Generous employee discounts
- Private healthcare
- Workplace pension
- and much more

**Location**

Hybrid: Based at our Kilbirnie Street Office in Glasgow, with 1 day working from home per week.

**Hours**

Full time, Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5pm

**About the role**

As a Buyer for Arnold Clark, Europe’s largest independently owned car retailer, you’ll be passionate about your career and keen to take it to the next level. Reporting to the Procurement Manager, you’ll be responsible for negotiating with a diverse range of national and international suppliers, developing service level agreements and managing supplier performance.

This is an exceptional opportunity to develop and progress within a department during a period of growth. You’ll have the autonomy and scope to develop new ideas, projects, processes and sourcing opportunities.

**Day-to-day duties**
- Developing and implementing category strategies
- Preparing negotiation strategy to achieve the desired outcomes
- Effectively managing, negotiating and controlling spend categories
- Preparing tender documents and receiving, evaluating and making award recommendations
- Proactively managing supplier relationships to continually identify savings and business improvement opportunities
- Monitoring and investigating new products and sources of supply
- Staying up to date with market conditions

**Essential skills**
- Extensive negotiating experience
- Excellent influencing skills, with the ability to adapt to a variety of styles
- Proven track record of delivering results
- The ability to drive an agenda along with sound project management skills
- High levels of organisation and attention to detail
- A proactive, customer-focused approach
- Excellent computer literacy and the ability to write persuasive tender documents

**Our Culture**

Arnold Clark is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to create an environment where collaboration, unique perspectives and multiple approaches are celebrated. We care about our employees and our communities, we nurture talent and encourage ambition, and we are passionate about people who take pride in their work. Our employees are at the heart of everything we do - diverse in our make-up, united in our goals.

To find out more about Life at Arnold Clark, visit our website.

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