Senior Operational Buyer - Rotherham, United Kingdom - Chase and Holland Recruitment Ltd

Chase and Holland Recruitment Ltd

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Rotherham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Senior Operational Buyer - Rotherham / Hybrid - £38,000 - £40,000

Chase & Holland are excited to be working with a major manufacturing business based in Rotherham who are looking for a Senior Operational Buyer to join their team.

As Senior Operational Buyer you will deliver all required aspects of pre contract work and negotiate, close and put in place contracts that deliver short and medium term value for the business.

You will utilise clear category strategies, to ensure high quality contracts are in place that are managed through their entire lifecycle and be wholly responsible for the key service contracts for the business.

In Return You'll Receive:

35 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
Flexible hybrid working (Work from home 2 days per week)
Competitive Pension Scheme (+3% up to maximum employer contribution of 10%)
Private Medical Cover
Life Assurance
Income Protection
CIPS Qualification Study Support and Development
Access to Employee Assistance Programmes

Senior Operational Buyer Responsibilities:

Setting clear category strategies, increasing cooperation with technical and end users, efficient and effective sourcing of goods, services and or materials in order to obtain an optimal price / quality relationship
All elements of contract strategy, negotiations & closing
Ensuring local contract managers are competent and effectively deployed to meet targets including regular tracking and monitoring of performance
Regularly scan the marketplace and suppliers, collect facts and then deliver relevant marketplace and supplier data, including clean sheet analysing to ensure effective construction of category strategics in close coop for the best interest of the business
Converts demands of end users and construct a sourcing plan that maximises value across the business within framework of agreed category strategy. Obtain economics of scale for large quantities for goods, services and materials with real business impact
Delivers all required aspects of pre contract work and the negotiations, closes and puts in place contracts that deliver short and medium term values for the business and managers the contract through its life cycle by frequently analysing effectiveness,progress on KPI's set in close cooperation with the contract management organisation at the user end
Have accountability for ensuring local contract managers are engaged in contract strategies

Hours:

Full-time, Monday (7:45am - 4pm) and Tuesday to Friday (8am - 4pm) 45 minute lunch
Hybrid working allowing up to 2 days per week working from home

Required Skills & Experience:

A strong background working within Engineering or Industrial Manufacturing
Have strong stakeholder management skills and be able to influence at all levels
Driven, with a proactive approach to work and finding solutions
A team player
Experience of working with MRP/ERP stock control systems
Strong using the Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and Word

Chase & Holland acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

We specialise in finance, supply chain, HR, IT and office support recruitment and comfortably service Yorkshire, Derbyshire,Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire.