Procurement Buyer

**Location**:
Newton Aycliffe, Durham, United Kingdom

**Job ID**:
R0059437

**Date Posted**:
2025-02-25

**Company Name**:
HITACHI RAIL LIMITED

**Profession (Job Category)**:
Customer Service & Contact Center Operations

**Job Schedule**:
Full time

**Remote**:
No

**About Us**

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

**Your new role**

In this exciting role as Procurement Buyer, you will work as part of the indirect buyer team responsible for a portfolio of supplier contracts within a Rolling Stock Manufacture, Service and Maintenance category.

**Location**:Newton Aycliffe, (hybrid) 3 days office, 2 days home and some additional travel maybe required.

Specifically, you will be responsible for the following deliverables:
**Supply Chain and Procurement Management**
- Review purchase requisitions for accuracy and completeness, processing all indirect purchase orders in a timely manner. Challenging proposed sources where relevant to optimise supply base.
- Execution of RFQs and tenders and supporting Category Managers with negotiations and contractual queries.
- Build effective relationships with key stakeholders, providing sourcing guidance based on business needs for the deployment of accurate buying channels and tools (SAP, webshops, Purchase Card).
- Support Purchase to Pay activities during the implementation of process changes, providing education and training to ‘users’, reviewing and escalating P2P issues.
- Manage & maintain contracts and other supporting documents within the procurement repository.
- Ensuring compliance to HRE governance (supporting J-SOX audits).
- Pro-actively promote continuous improvement and participate in cross functional projects to identify and implement P2P enhancements, aligning with HRE’s digitisation procurement strategies

**Supplier Management**
- Support the Category Management team in developing a supplier management plan for the suppliers used, providing performance data to supplier reviews and quarterly business reviews.
- To support the achievement of budgeted financial targets including TCO savings and working with Indirect Category Managers in creating long term supplier agreements and relationships that lead to optimising price reductions, HSE & quality improvements, and on time delivery performance.
- Investigate new suppliers, based on best price, quality, reliability and support and facilitating supplier due diligence on-boarding requests.
- Support ongoing supplier management with regards to achieving HRE Sustainability programme objectives (Ecovadis engagement, supplier sustainability performance).

**About you**
- Relevant Procurement of Indirect Goods and Services experience
- Experience of fast-paced Procurement function ideally from manufacturing
- To work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to establish and maintain successful working relationships
- Strong negotiation skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work in a team and as an individual using their own initiative
- Sound Commercial acumen and strong analytical skills
- Good knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft office packages & SAP or equivalent MRP system and E-Procurement tools (webshops/contract management software)

**Qualifications**:

- Member of The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (preferred) - or working towards

**What we offer**

We value the importance of all of our employees, if you would like to join our fantastic organisation you could be entitled to:

- Competitive salary
- Annual Performance bonus paid on discretionary basis
- 25 days holiday
- Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%
- Private medical insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Group income protection
- Group life insurance
- Employee assistance programme

We also offer additional perks for you to choose from within a flexible plan that will meet your specific needs and lifestyle.

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**At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone.**We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view.**It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.