SENIOR BUYER

Our client, a leading company in communications technology industry, is seeking a highly-skilled and experienced Senior Buyer to join their team. As a Senior Buyer, you will play a pivotal role in developing strategic supply solutions that optimise quality, cost, and delivery to the customer. This is a permanent position with excellent prospects for professional growth and development.

• Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials in line with company guidelines and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations.
• Work collaboratively and engage with stakeholders and suppliers regarding new projects, demand and supply initiatives, and advise any impact or change on purchasing and production activities.
• Review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and processes.
• Develop ideas and strategies to improve operational efficiency, add value, aid business performance, and work towards a strategy of continuous improvement.
• Ensure that procurement procedures are complied with by internal customers and stakeholders and guide colleagues to use ERP/MRP systems for procurement and supply activities.
• Demonstrate KPI management and improvement of supplier delivery performance.
• Manage and develop sources of supply (rationalizing where appropriate), ensuring performance monitoring is undertaken and spend optimization.
• Input data on systems to effectively perform key transactions in procurement and supply.
• Develop, lead, and execute purchasing and inventory strategies with stakeholders to ensure effective management of inventory levels.
• Use and apply strategic decision-making techniques to formulate improvements to procurement and supply chain management.
• Create and coordinate supply chain strategies from a group level.
• Consolidate and leverage spend within the supply chain.
• Stay current and up-to-date on market trends/competitor strategies that may affect the supply or demand of products and materials and advise stakeholders of any impact.
• Support product change requests, review, and communicate the impact on planning and production.
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices, and terms of business with suppliers.
• Assess, manage, report, and mitigate supplier risks (including component obsolescence).
• Comply with the Company Policy on Health & Safety.
• Undertake any other tasks as may reasonably be requested.

• A level & University Degree desirable.
• Professional or recognised discipline qualification such as CIPS, Institute of Supply Chain, APICS (minimum: Advanced diploma in procurement and supply operations) - desirable.
• Significant experience in Procurement and Supply Chain.
• Self-starter, who demonstrates ownership and can follow problems through to resolution.
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and ERP systems (in particular Oracle JD Edwards).
• Organised, methodical, and attentive to detail.
• Willing to take responsibility for and drive improvement activity.
• Team player who has excellent influencing skills.
• Flexible to suit the business needs.
• Balanced and confident team player with a positive effect on team mood.
• Achievement-focused.

If you are a motivated Senior Buyer with a proven track record in Procurement and Supply Chain, then we would like to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic team and contribute to their ongoing success.