Senior Buyer - Manchester, United Kingdom - Libra Speciality Chemicals

Description

Overview:

Libra Speciality Chemicals Ltd has an exciting future with plans to grow the business dramatically over the next 5 years.

Job Description - LSC Ltd

Job Title:
Senior Buyer

Reports To:
Supply Chain Director

Based At:
Libra Speciality Chemicals Ltd, Brinell Drive, Northbank Industrial Estate, IRLAM, M44 5LF

An opportunity has arisen for Libra to recruit a Buyer into their Supply Chain Team.

This is an exciting time to join the business as they go through an intensive period of transformation and there is the potential to make a real impact within this well-respected company.

Reporting into the Procurement Manager, key deliverables in this role will be:

• Supplier Rationalisation
• Maintaining / Developing Supplier Relationships
• Identifying New Suppliers Within the Marketplace
• Working Toward Cost Saving Objectives by Active Negotiation with Suppliers
• Supply chain risk mitigation through stock holding/supply agreements, contracts and duel sourcing arrangements
• Pricing availability for customer quotations
• Maintaining key procurement & supply chain parameters & raising purchase orders utilising a new ERP system.
• Point of escalation for supplier related issues

Responsible for ensuring uninterrupted, cost effective supply of a portfolio of the raw materials/goods & services necessary, you will support business goals and operations including but not limited to sales, production, technical and engineering.

You'll be responsible for more than £20m in annual spend with a high level of complexity across critical materials, products and services.

To deliver the role responsibilities you will need to develop and manage supplier relationships to negotiate and maintain price and supply conditions ensuring commercial terms are optimised, supply maintained, contracts implemented and managed as appropriate and system data maintained.

You will need to develop an understanding of the market for the raw materials, products and services purchased and identify the factors which influence availability and pricing, ensuring that significant market changes are anticipated, managed and communicated.

You will need to identify and select sources of assigned raw materials, products and services. Work with the supplier base to identify new sources and new technologies which may bring advantage.

To be considered for the Buyer role, you'll need to demonstrate a strong strategic purchasing background across direct and indirect, with a hands-on approach to supply chain and a history of delivering continuous year on year savings and improvements.

Ideally, you'll already be operating in our industry and be responsible for our portfolio of products within our potential supply base, we want someone who can hit the ground running.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
Up to £41,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Company events
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location:
In person