Senior Buyer Capex/ Mro - Feltham, United Kingdom - Nomad Foods

Nomad Foods
Nomad Foods
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Feltham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Overview:

  • Operates within a fastmoving result orientated business and Supply Chain team.
  • Part of the Indirects Procurement team within the centralised Nomad Group Procurement function
  • Working in group role for category management of Capex & MRO and other Indirects commodities as required, across the Nomad factory estate over €100m annual spend
  • The role is European based operating across 19 factories (at present)
  • Travel is required to engage with factory stakeholders and understand business requirements at least circa twice per month.
  • Supporting the Head of Category and Senior buyers to implement the group operations strategy and support the different stakeholder groups with group contracts

Responsibilities:


  • To develop & drive the sourcing strategy of the Nomad Group
  • Develop & execute strategic sourcing plans aligned to business needs and objectives
  • Manage and develop a network of supplier relationships that deliver value across quality, service, innovation and cost
  • Provide and demonstrate high level Procurement and technical category expertise to drive the group sourcing and agenda
  • Own & maintain key stakeholder relationships at all levels
  • Manages category cost base inline with budget and drives continuous improvement projects.
  • Provides financial transparency & forecast accuracy of Total Cost of Ownership

Capex/MRO

  • Develop a capex sourcing strategy by understanding the business requirements now and in the future. Ensure it is integrated into the MRO strategy
  • Support all Nomad factories with the management of MRO expenditure and services championing the 'One Nomad Way' and process standardisation and simplification
  • Driving the supplier consolidation programme in MRO with great pace through challenging contracts and Joint Business Plans with key providers
  • Supporting sites to reduce MRO inventories by 20%
  • Responsible for setting & executing the strategy on a European business and driving cost optimisation across the Group
  • Sharing best practice across the Nomad group
  • Ensure adherence to Procurement processes & reporting requirements
  • Develops and manages savings and value delivery plans
  • Development and management of key suppliers to the Nomad Group
  • A capex & MRO sourcing strategy based upon Nomad business requirements and signed off with key stakeholders.
  • Ensuring the agreed and signed off group wide buying strategies and policies are deployed and adhered to across all Nomad manufacturing sites
  • Ensuring the buying strategies enables flexibility and agility for the Nomad manufacturing footprint to transform over time
  • Creates and adapts strategic sourcing plans to deliver business objectives
  • Ensure adherence to Procurement processes & reporting requirements
  • Develops and manages savings and value delivery plans
  • Development and management of key suppliers to the Nomad Group

Decision Making Authority:


  • Authorises purchasing contracts up to a spend of € 1m
  • Seeks line manager approval for contracts above € 1m
  • Negotiates new Supplier terms T&C's in line with Nomad standards
  • Makes tender award decisions inline with procurement operating principles

Strategic Ability:


  • Demonstrates a clear strategic knowledge of one or more of the operations categories
  • Has the ability to influence internally & externally as required
  • Understands and interprets/predicts market drivers & trends
  • Understands and defines value chains & cost drivers
  • Manages Supplier relationship to drive commercial advantage
  • Applies strategic approach & defines scope for each category
  • Manages available resources to deliver against savings plans
  • Assesses strategic options against procurement imperatives
  • Drives implementation to deliver substantial benefits ontime & infull

Qualifications:
Essential

  • Some (3+ years) understanding of Indirects categories in a manufacturing industry
  • Sourcing Strategy Development
  • Negotiation skills, tendering and contracting
  • Supplier performance management
  • Performance measurement and reporting
  • Benchmarking skills
  • Business and/or engineering degree or equivalent qualifications
  • Ideally CIPs qualified or Membership

Relationship Management:


  • Has presence and credibility with internal stakeholders
  • Has the ability to influence Stakeholders and Vendors at all levels
  • Highly developed communication skills
  • Builds consensus and clarity around objectives and strategy
  • Understands key stakeholder requirements
Desirable

  • Specific MRO experience
  • Language skills Italian/German/French
  • Fluency in German a significant advantage
  • 3+ years in a Procurement function and ideally managing MRO
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