Senior Strategic Buyer

1 week ago

Derby, United Kingdom Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) Full time

**Senior Strategic Buyer**
We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solution (CWS) is one of our service offerings; we act as an extension of our clients recruitment team and provide professional interim and temporary resources.
**The role**
We are looking for **2 Strategic Buyers** on **2 separate contract lengths (7-months and 12-months)** based in **Derby**on behalf of our client who develop cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe and competitive solutions to meet the planet’s vital power needs.

As a Strategic Buyer, you will contribute to creating the procurement strategy and selecting the supplier, negotiate the best deal, agree the contract, and then manage the contract ensuring that we have a high performing supply chain.
**As a Senior Strategic Buyer you will be responsible for**:

- Develop and lead sourcing activities from proposal to contract signature.
- Negotiating, performing cost analysis and building business cases to select high performing suppliers.
- Analysing and presenting procurement data including collecting, processing, and interpreting purchasing information to identify trends, evaluate supplier performance, and optimise costs.
- Lead contract management, including drafting, negotiating, and finalising agreements with suppliers.
- Manage the process of identifying, assessing, and mitigating commercial risks within the supply chain.
- Ability to work with end-to-end sourcing RFQ, contracting and approvals.
- Proven track record of successful negotiations, coupled with strong commercial and financial skills.
- An understanding of Total Cost of Acquisition/Product Cost Lifecycles and associated levers/analytics.
- Excellent communication, influencing, relationship management skills with focus on drawing value for the company.
- Passion to drive change and make a difference combined with ability to solve complex problems, demonstrating digital awareness and analytical capability.
- Experience of reviewing and drafting contracts.
- Experience of managing supplier relationships and in contract supplier management.

**Next steps**

AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business.

Job Reference: RRB01089

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