Indirect Buyer

MTrec’s new career opportunity;

This rare opportunity has arisen with our outstanding Sunderland based client. They are now looking for a motivated Indirect Buyer to help their business grow and improve. This is an outstanding permanent opportunity for the ideal candidate to support the business needs.

The job you’ll do

• Contains jobs which are concerned with planning, processing and administrating all purchasing activities in order to provide organisation with needed material, parts, semi-products and services
• Plans and executes buying activities in assigned unit(s), for dedicated materials, services or investments.
• Keeps procedural alignment with the general procurement guidelines and defined general
• contract agreements.
• Executes observation of relevant supplier markets and the respective accredited suppliers.
• Develops and maintains supplier contacts.
• Negotiates general and/or case-related procurement contracts, incl. specifications, volumes, pricing, terms and conditions.
• May order assigned commodities, semi-products and/or services.
• Monitors, that quality, quantity and other agreed contract conditions for the goods provided will be met.
• Interacts with supplier to settle any questionable deliveries, in cooperation with other departments.
• Proposes measures and action plans to ensure supplier quality, if needed.
• May include the leadership of a group of Order Management or Procurement Support functions.

About you

• Experience of working as an Indirect Buyer role in an industrial product manufacturing and supply environment.
• Ability to establish strong working relationships and engagement with internal \ external teams and customers.
• Ability to work under pressure, within tight deadlines, with flexible approach to working hours and a motivated team player.
• Process driven, detailed and solutions orientated, with experience of working in a formal, continuous improvement culture.
• Strong effective decision making, organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent logical reasoning, root cause analysis, deductive problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Good communication & IT skills.
• Full and current UK driving license.

Rewards and Benefits on offer

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits on offer.
• Staff parking.