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