Senior Buyer - Ripley, United Kingdom - Recruit 2 You

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Ripley, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our client has an exciting position to join their supply chain team

The new
Senior Buyer will have experience in both category
buying and sourcing along with
purchasing of raw materials.

Our client is a unique mix of manufacturing and retail and so experience working in either environment would be advantageous.

The purpose of the role is to procure goods and services both
nationally and globally that will deliver maximum value for money, support business growth and meet company requirements in terms of quality, cost, and delivery.

Key requirements:

Lead and work cross functionally on projects of indirect and direct spend.
Conduct research to identify suppliers who will deliver best value and best quality of goods and services.
Building and maintaining good relationships with new and existing suppliers
Review Terms & Conditions and support contract negotiations, establishing KPIs and SLAs to enable ongoing monitoring of the quality of service and product delivered.
Production of tender documents and evaluation of tender responses
Liaising with internal departments & Far East suppliers on the development of Sourced, ensuring products are developed and delivered on time and in full.
Working with HR and Engineering on procurement projects including Health & Safety, Business Travel, Cleaning, PPE, Manual Handling equipment, Landscaping & Waste management.
Work with the Purchasing team to identify cost savings across the business.
Ensuring purchasing procedures are followed in line with the business purchasing strategy whilst ensuring suppliers are aware of business objectives.

Qualifications, skills, and experience:

Good verbal & written communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build and manage internal and external relationships.
Able to work independently and as part of a small team.
Numerical, with strong analytical and negotiation skills
High level of computer literacy, to include MS Excel & Word.
Methodical, confident, and organised approach to working.
Experience in dealing with global suppliers & sourced product development.
Experience in "critical path" project management processes
Experience preferably in manufacturing background negotiating contracts for goods and services in manufacturing, utilities, engineering & Health & Safety
Ability to multitask, flexible /adaptable approach to work.
Able to work under pressure and to tight schedules.

What you can expect to achieve: