Strategic Buyer 38675 - Warwick, United Kingdom - Jonathan Lee Recruitment

Jonathan Lee Recruitment
Jonathan Lee Recruitment
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Warwick, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Strategic Buyer (NPP

Pay Rate:
up to £31.09/hr Ltd (inside IR35)

Division:
Purchasing

Contract Position based at:
Gaydon (hybrid working - minimum 1 day per week on site)

Position
Overall responsibility and leadership for all Purchasing activities within specified categories, including:

  • Responsible for sourcing in line with Strategy Category Plan (SCP) through the Global Sourcing Process to the point of Contract / Purchase Order for their sub categories Lead continuous improvements in purchasing activities by supporting COE initiatives/ activities for their respective sub categories
  • Responsible for internal stakeholder alignment on strategy and sourcing, including key focus on regional inputs and regional deployment for their sub categories
  • Responsible for global category strategy development and deployment to deliver company cost and quality targets through sourcing within the Global markets for their sub categories
  • Support delivery team in supplier relationships through the Contract Management and Supplier Performance Management process for their sub categories.
  • Sourcing: Responsible for delivering sourcing in line with policy and to agreed targets through GSP and deploying Total Cost of Ownership approach; leading complex supplier negotiations including legal and financial approval pre Contract / Purchase Order
  • Lead Stakeholder alignment in relation to strategy creation and implementation for their sub category
  • Responsible for their sub category delivery against savings targets
  • Identify Make vs Buy and business justification when required and support analysis for their sub category
  • Responsible for supply chain risk management for their sub category
  • Responsible for ensuring regional buying teams are adhering to the sub category strategy within the region.

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience

  • Experience of indirect procurement of goods and services
  • Experience of negotiating terms and conditions
  • Commercial awareness and negotiation skills
  • Understand category management principles
  • Strategic thinking
  • Global business understanding and experience
  • Relationship management internal and external
  • Category knowledge and demonstrated experience
  • Flexibility and agility to be able to adjust to changing business needs
  • An individual who is results driven, demonstrates, tenacity, drive and perseverance, with the ability to deliver in a complex, highly demanding environment.
  • An individual able to deliver quality and consistency in a complex and highly demanding environment.
  • A selfmotivated individual who uses initiative and problem solver focussed on delivering results.
  • An individual with the capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium term planning
  • Works well under pressure of conflicting priorities
  • A strong communicator with the ability understand and to communicate complex ideas
  • An effective team player, actively develops and supports team members
  • Proactive team player, who is happy to be hands on and work with a small team
  • Proven track record of demonstrating logic and analytical thinking

Preferred:


  • An individual with the ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style
  • A resilient and enthusiastic who responds constructively to new ideas and inputs

Education

  • MCIPS or working towards the qualification.

Additional Information:


THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35
To apply, please send your interest and CV to

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business.
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