Details:
- Salary: £36,000 - 42,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: BS34 Filton South Gloucestershire
- Date: 4 days ago
Description:
Location: Bristol (Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office)
About the role:
Our client, provide an end-to-end supply chain service delivering commodity and inventory savings. Due to continued growth, we are recruiting for a Buyer to work at their offices in North Bristol as part of a vibrant and dynamic team, committed to transforming procurement.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
* Capture and analyse data on the existing supply chain, the commercial markets and potential new entrants to the market.
* Conduct basic supplier assessment to ensure the suppliers proposed to Acquisition and Contract Management are of sound standing both commercially and financially.
* Responsible for creating document packs for their Categories in conjunction with all Stakeholders.
* Identify areas in which improvements could drive out cost.
* Implement continual improvement tasks with suppliers to implement best practises, best value and lower costs.
* Tracking and reporting progress against Cost Base Reduction (CBR).
* Identifying suppliers with the best capability to satisfy customer requirements.
* Assuring a disciplined approach for visibility of the right supplier performance metrics to optimise the support chain.
* Identify additional opportunities and actively develop mutually profitable relationships with suppliers
* Participate in every review of the Supplier Scorecards to nurture our supplier relationships.
* Support Strategic Supplier Negotiations.
Skills & Experience:
* Previous experience in a relevant Purchasing / Supply Chain environment.
* Ideally educated to HND / Degree Level or equivalent qualification in relevant subject, MCIPS qualified or working towards chartership. Professional and Ethical in Approach.
* Good Understanding of Supply Chain Management and Procurement, including Best Practice Purchasing and Sourcing Tools and Techniques.
The successful candidate will be required go through a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance.
Our client operates flexible start and finish times, have onsite car parking and have dress down and early finish on Friday's