Senior Buyer - Stirling, United Kingdom - Anderson Knight

Anderson Knight

Verified Company

Stirling, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Anderson Knight is currently engaged with a key client who is seeking to recruit the position of Senior Buyer to join their existing team.

Our client is a reputable and well known operation who enjoys interests across the UK & Ireland.

Reporting to the Director of Procurement, the key duties and responsibilities of this role will include:

Influence and encourage procurement change and engagement across the wider business
Execute the Procurement strategies to meet business objectives and compliance
Support business groups with indirect procurement up to a total category spend of £60m per annum
Lead and coordinate the issuing of tenders and evaluation of returns
Use of E-Tendering and digitizing processes with a view to streamlining them
Introduce Supplier Relationship Management, including the development and introduction of quarterly reviews using a balanced scorecard tailored to reach business function
End to end contract lifecycle management, including analysis of supplier proposals, negotiating contract terms through supplier quarterly performance reviews and KPI's
In each negotiation and contract maximise the value and manage the costs effectively to ensure best value that delivers towards financial objectives
Experience of negotiating best value and managing supply and customer contracts for long term relationships
Ability to influence and collaborate with various business functions
Strong presentation skills
Ability to oversee the end to end management of contracting processes
Strategic mindset
Qualified CIPS (preferred)