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Senior Buyer - Indirect
Job Posted: 19 days ago
Salary: £ 50,000/Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Expire in: 9 days
Job Description
Senior Buyer - Indirect
£40,000 - £50,000 DOE
Coventry
The Recruitment Bunker are recruiting exclusively for a Senior Buyer to work across a wide range of indirect areas of spend. The Senior Buyer will be a confident individual to dive right in and be responsible for supporting the business in sourcing quality products and services.
The Senior Buyer will play a critical role in sourcing, negotiating, and managing the supply chain for indirect purchases and will have a strong background within indirect procurement, and possess excellent negotiation skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality products to our customers.
Overview of the Role
Senior Buyer - Indirect
Salary - £40,000 – £50,000 DOE
Holidays: 25 days plus 8 Bank Holidays
Pension
Healthcare/Life Insurance
Employee Referral Scheme
Location: Coventry
Company Overview
The DRVN Automotive Group are a sector leading automotive group, specialising in the design, manufacture, and distribution of luxury automotive brands, recognised globally for our commitment to innovation, quality, and engineering, centred around a world-class customer experience.
The DRVN group have made some major recent announcements to launch some of Ford Motor Company’s most historically significant icons kick starting with the RS200 and MK1 Escort, giving engineers an amazing platform to not only showcase their engineering and design skills across various disciplines, but to work on the most amazing modernisation programmes ever to be seen.
Responsibilities
Leading the Procurement activities across a wide range of Indirect areas of spend; including but not limited to:
* Capital equipment
* Professional services
* Site services
* Software licenses
* Goods & materials
* Consumables
* Service / warranty parts
Delivering Procurement activities in line with cost, quality, and delivery requirements
Manage supplier relationships, evaluate new suppliers, and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage supplier performance improvement activities
Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact on business operations
Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
Negotiate and administer robust contracts, prices, and terms of business with suppliers - both for long-term strategic and short-term transactional supplier relationships
Define opportunities to realise business cost and efficiency savings utilising procurement best practice tools and methods
Apply a 'Total Cost of Ownership/Acquisition' approach to opportunity appraisal and recommendations
Will be required to think and act with strong commercial awareness and will use this skill across all functions of the business in an assertive yet professional manner.
Prepare, define, and execute innovative purchasing strategies in order to deliver the required value
Stay current and up to date on any changes that may affect the supply and demand of needed products and materials and advise others of any impact on the business.
Collaborate closely with MP&L to ensure planning, supply management, and inventory analysis are aligned to business continuity needs
Essential Skills
Proven ability of working as an Indirect Senior Buyer within a purchasing function
Strong sense of ‘business acumen’ and analytical skills
Experience in supplier relationship management, negotiations, and cost saving / value generating activities
Project management skills
Strong leadership and influencing skills, along with excellent stakeholder management and relationship management
An excellent negotiator with a proven track record of successful commercial negotiations
Able to manage and execute complex negotiations
Ability to demonstrate high organisational skills and continually focus on attention to detail and continuous improvement
Evidence of meeting deliverables in a fast-paced working environment
Strong interpersonal skills, and communication skills both verbal and written
Decisive, dynamic, pro-active, and assertive qualities
IT literate – Office 365, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, use of e-Procurement tools an advantage
Good knowledge of NPI
MRP/ERP system experience
Must have IDLR/Full Rights to work in UK. Sponsorship will not be provided.
Desirable
CIPS qualified, or working towards
Degree Qualified
Please note we do not provide sponsorships to those who require it and will only accept applications from those who have full rights to work in the UK with no restrictions and IDLR status. Please provide status on applications.
Our inclusive workplace welcomes and values all candidates from all backgrounds, we believe that diversity enhances our ability to innovate and serve our customers effectively. We are an equal opportunity employer and strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and able to bring their authentic selves to work. If you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will do our best to accommodate your needsBefore You Apply
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