Senior Buyer

Sywell (Office-based)

Permanent

Full-time, Monday to Friday (37.5 hours, between the hours of 8am- 5pm)

£35,000 to £40,000 DOE

Impact Recruitment are looking for an experienced Senior Buyer for our client based in Sywell. This is a key role within the business and will be overseeing day to day procurement of a wide-range of services and facility management solutions, obtaining competitive rates for existing clients often in a fast-paced and reactive environment. You will be a highly motivated and professional individual supporting future growth of the business and developing strong and professional relationships with our supply chain and other key stakeholders externally.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Buyer, that is highly analytical and has strategic development experience.

If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience for this role, we strongly encourage you to apply today!

Key duties and responsibilities of the Senior Buyer:

• Delivering value-for-money across all procurement activities, ensuring timely and professional service for our clients.
• Supporting the wider team with developing our approach to support strategic supply, e.g. robust tender exercises, qualitative assessments, utilisation of higher value T&Cs.
• Checking supplier validity, capacity, and competence; measuring and managing performance of suppliers.
• Data-input and reporting (including savings) in line with project requirements.
• Liaison with internal teams and suppliers to resolve order-matching, invoice queries expediently and ensure on-time payments.
• Being an advocate for the procurement function in general, assuring process compliance and seeking opportunities for improvement / innovation as appropriate
• Work with the Senior management team to support the development and implementation of the procurement strategy, for construction and facilities management clients aligning with business growth plans.
• Working with key suppliers to obtain best price and service solutions to support client and organisational objectives.
• Provide analysis and reports to senior management team to achieve value for money and optimum service levels.
• Source new suppliers for new and existing projects.
• Ensure compliance requirements are supplied and internal systems are updated and maintained
• Manage, collate & review procurement statistics to identify trends and areas for improvement. Identifying potential savings and efficiencies.

Key experience and skills required for the Senior Buyer:

• Extensive buyer / procurement experience, preferably in construction or waste / facilities management environments, or similar.
• Strong leadership and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication, and interpersonal abilities.
• Strong negotiation and professional presentation skills
• Highly motivated and team orientated.
• Knowledge of sustainability principles, industry trends, and the desire to work in an ESG-focused workplace.
• Excellent IT skills and familiarity with all Microsoft Office and bespoke software packages
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Project management experience would be advantageous.

Impact Recruitment Services are acting as an employment agency on behalf of our client. Please note, due to the high volumes of applications we receive daily, should you not be contacted within 72 hours, your application is unsuccessful. Thank you.

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