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Siamo Recruitment have an exciting opportunity as a buyer to join a newly formed procurement team for one of our clients. You will be joining at a time when our business is focused to achieve significant cost reductions, while maintaining/improving product quality and supplier service levels. This role will give you the opportunity to develop strategic partnerships, orchestrate and manage key contracts and participate on implementation of a sustainable procurement policy. This is unique opportunity to own and shape supplier strategies, drive cost reduction, and liaise with multiple departments within the business.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
- Formulate annual plans for designated category of spend to achieve department cost reduction plans and year on year improvement
- Help manage and optimise all spending with external suppliers
- Help develop category negotiation strategies and drive those negotiations to achieve stated goals and objectives
- Remain current with market trends through relationships with suppliers and market experts
- Identify and communicate new technologies and solutions to key problems in the designated category spend areas
- Support cross-functional negotiating teams targeting key designated spend categories
- Collaborate effectively across different organisational levels, functions, businesses, and geographies to realise procurement goals and objectives.
- Track forecasted vs actual savings for the designated category and communicate performance against these measures and their potential budgetary impact.
- Manage Supplier performance via stakeholder feedback and performance-based metrics
- Drive best practice and change activities to ensure continuous improvement
- Work with business unit leaders to monitor and ensure contract compliance
- Identify potential new suppliers, regular reviews of current supplier performance and strategy
- Issue and manage RFQs to determine best value based on commercial, technical, supply and quality requirements
- Successful and proven 3-year track record of buying
- Strong ability to build relationships and networks with multiple functions and at leadership levels
- Strong analytical capabilities
- Able to demonstrate problem solving, good decision making and sound judgement
- Exceptional and proven negotiation skills
- Comfort/familiarity with constructing presentations, organisation communications, and business cases
If you are interested, please call Alix on 01745 887788 or email.
