Senior Buyer - Liverpool, United Kingdom - PRINCES

PRINCES
PRINCES
Verified Company
Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job Purpose

The role of the Senior Buyer is to:

  • Strategically source goods and services to improve quality and provide for innovative opportunities at the lowest total cost of ownership.
  • Ensure all goods and services are sourced responsibly in line with regulatory, ethical, technical, sustainability and customer requirements.
  • Formulate and maintaining inbound supply chain strategies to maximise the effectiveness and optimise the total cost of the components they buy.
  • Be a consultative partner, demonstrating knowledge across spend categories and providing insight to support and help to shape strategy.
  • Be a champion for business processes and governance and support the Head of Commercial, oils UK with the development of other colleagues.

Dimensions

  • Total third party spend c £60m
  • External contacts 3rd party suppliers & Customers.


  • Internal contacts

  • Commercial, Innovation; Customer Strategy & Planning; Sales, Finance, Corporate Relations, Operations, Planning, Technical.
  • Travel will be required in this role.

Principal Responsibilities

  • Create and develop category and sourcing plans in conjunction with business stakeholders.
  • Drive partnership strategy as appropriate to ensure long term collaborative business growth planning and ensuring continuity of supply.
  • Obtain the lowest possible total cost of ownership through negotiation, market intelligence and supplier knowledge.
  • Conduct regular reviews with key stakeholders and provide regular reporting on initiatives and cost reduction projects.
  • Communicate market conditions in a timely fashion and in a way that is clear and concise for both internal and external understanding.
  • Utilise ERP system to drive analytics and provide appropriate reports for use within category plans and for sharing and analysis with appropriate teams.
  • Utilise appropriate tools to maximise value delivery (eauctions, should cost modelling, TCO, value lever analysis)
  • Demonstrate commercial awareness and lead negotiations across all allocated areas of third party spend.
  • Develop a network of strong supplier relationships that create innovative opportunities to drive value.
  • Make use of SRM tools and performance measures to drive supplier effectiveness.
  • Maximise opportunities to mitigate risk across area of spend responsibility.
  • Manage all aspects of spend throughout the life cycle.
  • Excellent working knowledge of the key personnel at each major supplier, their processes, internal systems and moreover understand cost drivers.
  • Drive working capital reduction across the category.
  • Develop and maintain responsible suppliers ensuring they are maintained to a standard to meet Princes / Industry standards (e.g. BRC).
  • Ensure all suppliers comply with Princes ethical standards, are SEDEX registered (where appropriate) and may be audited.
  • Manage contracts professionally and accurately, while maintaining cost conditions and source lists.
  • Control currency requirements in line with group policy if required.
  • Professionally resolve problems both internally and externally in a fair and ethical manner while protecting the longterm interests of the team and company.
  • Support fully the efforts of other departments in achieving 100% stakeholder satisfaction.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

  • Thorough understanding of procurement processes and frameworks
  • Essential
  • Previous experience in a category management role
  • Essential
  • Excellent working understanding of category management, strategic sourcing, supplier development and value chain mapping
  • Essential
  • Excellent working knowledge of allocated areas of spend
  • Essential
  • Understanding of contract principles and clauses and be able to construct an interpret agreements
  • Essential
  • SAP analytics and reporting
  • Desired
  • Degree level qualification, ideally business related
  • Desired
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
  • Essential
  • Associate or student of CIPS, or working to CIPS qualification
  • Desired
  • Willingness to travel UK and overseas
  • Essential

Competencies

  • Business Awareness
  • Developed
  • Communication & Influencing
  • Developed


  • Planning & Organising

  • Developed


  • Creativity & Innovation

  • Developed


  • Working with People

  • Developed

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Benefits:


  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted or free food
  • Free parking
  • Private medical insurance

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus scheme

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in LIVERPOOL
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