Senior Buyer
- Gloucestershire, South West England
- £30,000 - £35,000 per annum
- 1 application
- Job type: Permanent, full-time
- Date:
- Reference: 23006675
Senior Buyer
- Responsible for purchasing and overall total cost of acquisition for designated commodity groups
- Achieve annual cost down targets
- Achieve annual supplier performance improvement targets
- Rationalise supply base in accordance with purchasing strategy
- Manage cost increases appropriately ensuring impact is minimised
- Support cross functionally and work effectively with applicable distribution centres
- Managing suppliers performance (cost, delivery, quality etc) through cross functional co-ordination/reviews and regular supplier reviews ensuring continuous improvement of the key KPI’s
- Develop the Purchasing strategy for the designated commodity groups.
- Supplier selection and achieving the optimum number of suppliers required for the designated parts in accordance with the Company Purchasing strategy
- Development and implement Formal Agreements, including Service Level Agreements, for the required suppliers, within your commodity groups.
- Improve the total acquisition costs from low margin parts.
Person Specification
- Background in Manufacturing/Engineering purchasing
- Competent strategic thinker
- Good negotiation skills
- Must have advanced knowledge of excel (ie pivot tables, formulae)
- Good commercial acumen
- Assertive
