Buyer - Indirect

Barclay Meade

Posted 4 days ago, valid for 5 days

Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1PX, England

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

A successful market leader is seeking an Indirect Buyer with a salary of around $70,000 per year.
Applicants should have at least 3 years of experience in tendering, negotiating, and ideally indirect or services procurement.
The role involves managing the tender process from cradle-to-grave and requires collaboration with various stakeholders.
Key responsibilities include supply market intelligence, supplier relationship management, and mitigating supply chain risks.
The ideal candidate is a proactive self-starter with a generalist background in indirect procurement categories such as facilities, logistics, and office supplies.

Successful market-leader requires an Indirect Buyer. Applicants should have experience of tendering, negotiating and ideally indirect / services procurement, or a willingness to manage these spend areas.

The Buyer - Indirect will join a procurement team of Buyers and Senior Buyers with responsibility for managing the tender process, cradle-to-grave. This is very much a generalist indirect procurement role with services such as; facilities, vending, stationary, office furniture, PPE, uniforms, fleet, transport and capex/machinery falling within scope. The organisation is on an exciting growth trajectory and the Buyer - Indirect will be able to play a significant role in supporting management and optimizing procurement efficiencies, to keep pace with the business change.

Specific duties of the Buyer - Indirect include:

Supply market intelligence activities across indirect spend areas
Stakeholder liaison across; facilities, logistics, HR etc. to understand requirements from the supply chain
Ownership of the tendering process for indirect spend areas, cradle-to-grave including contract award
Supplier relationship management - collaborate closely with key suppliers; KPIs, reviews, collaboration etc
Spot negotiation activity
Identify and seek to mitigate supply chain risk
Support Procurement Management in the development of broader sourcing and category strategies

Buyer - Indirect applicants should meet the following criteria:

Experience across indirect spend categories such as; facilities, vending, stationary, office furniture, PPE, uniforms, fleet, transport and capex/machinery or an interest / willingness to manage these areas
Ability to run the tender process cradle-to-grave
Demonstrable experience in supplier negotiations
Ability to manage reports and trackers
A collaborative, pro-active self-starter

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