Senior Buyer

**Senior Buyer** **Stoke on Trent region** **Salary circa £45,000 pa** **37.5 hours, Monday-Friday** **32 Days Annual Leave** Overview: Recruiting on behalf of our manufacturing client. The Senior Buyer is responsible for managing procurement expenditure and product related services, this must also include the development of Strategic Relationships with existing, former and future Suppliers. Responsible for ensuring requirements are met on time and in accordance with the appropriate quality standards, delivering a highly capable and cost-effective supply base, focus must be on developing and implementation giving leadership and direction to one direct report as required. This role entails operating with a high degree of autonomy, with a proactive approach. In this role, you will define and own both strategy, and operational excellence. You will develop key innovative sourcing activities, promote risk aware sustainable procurement, enhancing the capability of the Procurement function and promoting the function both internally and externally. You will be a trusted advisor in creating the procurement of tomorrow and work side-by-side with organisational stakeholders to deliver best in class strategy. **Responsibilities**: - Ensure an effective sourcing environment leading to continuous improvement in quality, cost, service, and technology of our current and future requirements. - Identifying new product development opportunities and possess outstanding project management skills - Key member of NPD team supporting the product roadmap to deliver an efficient supply chain for future sourcing requirements. - Maintain expertise/knowledge of market trends including comprehensive review of market drivers, cost structures, technical improvements and competition landscape and build business cases for new product procurement opportunities. - Proactively work supply chain impacts and obsolescence issues. - Support whole site procurement projects. - Manage KPI’s to ensure quality and delivery standards are fully maintained. - Lead and develop the function of Strategic Procurement. - Promote supply base rationalisation and supplier development. - Ensuring the cost, quality and time-oriented supply of all required products and services in line with the respective business plans, budgets, targets, and strategies. - Contract Negotiation: Cost, quality, delivery, cash, compliance and ensure full adherence to the business standard contracting terms and conditions, whilst ensuring any specific customer requirements are captured and flowed down to mitigate any exposure and organisational risk. - Conflict Management: In the event of non-performance to the contractual terms, quotation or legacy agreement, the Senior Buyer will work to create a suitable resolution. - Ownership of the Strategic Relationship: The Senior Buyer will ensure there are regular internal and external Strategic Reviews which will include all Senior Key Stakeholders, reviews will cover all significant commercial, industrial performance and performance and forward deliverables. - Manage new supplier sourcing and selection - ensuring a value-based relationship and proposition. Responsible for the assignment of supplier and buyer set up when sourcing of new or revised products. Select appropriate new or incumbent suppliers as necessary per AS&E guidelines. - Support the Make or Buy decisions, prepare data and plans for relevant commodity reviews. Work within documented procurement/ planning system which fully complies with ISO guidelines. Qualifications: - You will be a creative person who loves solving difficult problems and "getting it done". - Experience in procurement and Supply Chain Management processes, including but not limited to quality management, financial analysis, and contract negotiations. - Bachelor’s Degree in business administration or Supply Chain Management preferred in addition to previous purchasing experience. - In lieu of degree 5-10 years of sourcing experience. - Operational experience with five years' experience in procurement/materials/inventory management would be an advantage. - MCIPS / APICS membership, equivalent or qualified by experience. - Experience in negotiation and supplier relationship management. - A proven track record in achievement of cost reduction in purchased parts and or services. - Proven ability to work well with others at all organisational levels, to organise and prioritise, and to participate in cross-functional team working. - Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills. - Minimum intermediate and proficient user of Microsoft office suite, including Microsoft Excel. - Knowledge of manufacturing processes and cost drivers, and supply market dynamics. - knowledge of ISO quality assurance methods. - Knowledge of B Corp Certification and implementation would be advantageous. NO AGENCIES PLEASE **Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent Pay: Up to £45,000.00 per year Work Locati