Senior Buyer - Manchester, United Kingdom - Northern Employment Services
Description
Northern Employment Services are looking to recruit an experienced Senior Buyer in the Manchester area on a straight permanent basis, working with one of our fantastic ever growing clients.
Hours of work for a Senior Buyer : Monday to Friday - 8am to 4pm or alternatively 9am to 5pm
Salary for a Senior Buyer:
£48,000 to £55,000 annual, depending on experience
Benefits of Senior Buyer:
- Bonus potential
- 11% company contribution pension
- Free parking & close to public transport links
- Discounted company products
- Career development
- 25 days holiday (ability to buy more)
Duties & Responsibilities of a Senior Buyer:
- Develop, manage, and implement category strategies that support business needs and align with organisational values.
- Coach & mentor the buyer community
- Drive operational and commercial KPI's
- Interacting with high profile stakeholders and suppliers
- Ongoing management of subcategories and resources
- Manage Procurement & Contracts Management
- Working closely with other key function in the company
- Demonstrate a track record of successfully managing a category or area of spend at a strategic level
Experience or knowledge required from a Buyer:
- Degree level (or have an equivalent experience level) with MCIPS (or working towards MCIPS, with financial support)
- Experience of the PCR's &/or UCR's
- Knowledge of law and experience of contract formation / administration / management
- Experience of tender processes and relevant "Find A Tender" regulations
- Excellent analytical skills, strong commercial awareness, a measured approach to decision making and the ability to ensure best value procurement
- Experience of cost and price analysis with ability to evaluate tender processes
- Demonstrate advanced stakeholder management skills
- Office proficient
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