Details:
- Salary: £40,000 - 42,000 - Annum
- Location: Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire
- Date: 4 weeks ago
Description:
Buyer
Starting to £42k per annum, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company pension, employee benefits package
Buyer - dual location plus home working
The Company
* My client is a successful construction products supplier, with purpose-built manufacturing sites at 2 locations. They wish to appoint an experienced Buyer to provide the reliable and competitive provision of materials, equipment and services.
The Role
* As my client’s Buyer, you will source the competitive and reliable supply of materials, equipment and services across the procurement portfolio.
* You will be sourcing products and services across plants in several countries and with an international sourcing perimeter.
* Build and manage relationships with suppliers, contributing to supplier performance evaluation and quality follow-ups.
* Provide guidance to stakeholders to attain full implementation of processes and optimum benefit of contracts.
* Implement sourcing strategies and contracting, with a short to long term approach, to meet business KPI’s.
* Working closely with internal stakeholders (Supply chain, Operations, R&D and Sales), you will also be a key contributor to major projects for the business division.
* Identify, promote, support and implement improvements and cost savings.
* Understand the needs and of internal stakeholders, assessing and challenging where appropriate.
The Candidate
* CIPS qualification or a degree in Procurement or similar.
* 4 - 6 years’ experience as a Buyer or in a relevant Procurement or Purchasing role.
* Excellent negotiation skills, strong communication skills and commercially astute.
* Knowledgeable in product/materials, equipment and service purchasing.
* Skilled in creating and implementing procurement strategy.
* Capable of understanding and defining requirements.
* Able to define and implement new systems and processes.
* Good understanding of contracting, competition laws and regulations.
* Previous project experience.
If you are looking for an exciting opportunity in a major organisation as their new Buyer, please apply quoting reference VR/05919