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This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Indirect Buyer to join a global manufacturing business in Sunderland. You will be joining their Purchasing function to support business development in an industry and organisation with high growth potential.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong connections with Global Purchasing to identify strategies and to develop suppliers both globally and locally.
- Gather Market Intelligence, identify major categories, analyse current spend & develop an optimal Indirect Strategy Plan
- Deliver the strategy through supplier relationships & multiple projects (CAPEX, Service, Energy, Maintenance, T&L contracts)
- Focus on & deliver strategic proactive tenders for the identified Indirect approved suppliers & purchase spend.
- Lead negotiations, supplier selection & align functional requirements
- Increase control & management of Service Contracts - e.g. best practice and avoid termination penalties; YOY cost reductions.
- Work with Indirect Senior Purchasing Manager & internal functions to establish QCD targets, objectives and deliver against targets KPIs.
- Ensure day to day issues are managed with relevant plant personnel resulting in improved quality/logistical performance.
- Provide support to the Purchasing Officer for continuous improvements in supplier quality & OTIF for indirect parts.
- When required manage release of Indirect Purchase Orders from SAP system.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- You will ideally be educated to degree level and currently be working within an indirect Purchasing role within a manufacturing environment and will have built up experience of at least 5 years of supplier engagement, negotiation, and cost reduction.
- Strong leader to influence, be able to work to tight deadlines, have a good sense of priority and have previous negotiation experience.
- Excellent communication skills are crucial to this role, as is the ability to build relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
- You should possess strong industrial awareness by investigating new supply markets to assess existing and new supplier capabilities
- You must hold a full driving licence.
- Some degree of travel may be required.
- CIPS or MCIPS is a requirement for this role.
Benefits
- 26 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Holiday purchase / sell scheme
- Enhanced life assurance
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity / paternity pay
- Dental plan
- Flexible working office roles
