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Strategic Buyer

Elevation Recruitment Group
Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 19 days
Location

Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 3JG, England

Salary

£25,000 - £30,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • The Strategic Buyer position is a newly created role within a multinational manufacturer serving Defence and Automotive OEMs.
  • Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field and a minimum of 3 years of purchasing experience in the automotive industry.
  • The role requires strong strategic procurement skills, with responsibilities including supplier assessment, developing partnerships, and managing supply chain activities.
  • The position offers a competitive salary, though the exact figure is not specified in the provided information.
  • Successful candidates must possess excellent negotiation skills, be computer literate, and be willing to travel.

The Strategic Buyer is a newly created position that will work with a matrix structured, multinational manufacturer that supplies into an array of markets such as Defence & Automotive OEMs. The Strategic Buyer is very much a hands-on, sleeves rolled up position, with the person having the self-drive and motivation to exceed, with the necessary skills to lead and mentor the team to deliver a first class operation. Strong strategic procurement skills are essential. The Strategic Buyer support the manufacturing facility by ensuring a sustainable and best value supply chain is in place to meet current and future needs of the business. Negotiate long term agreements for NPI and Series production components. Selecting suppliers for NPI and Series production components Responsibilities: 

  • Responsible for supplier assessment & selection process
  • Develop innovative supplier partnerships to create a lean supply chains
  • Create and develop the strategic direction for all assigned commodity groups
  • Review current supply base to ensure “fit for purpose” against strategic objectives
  • Ensure Long Term Agreements (LTA) are in place for all strategic commodity groups
  • Implement Purchasing/Supplier Scorecard to monitor & report on supplier performance to compliment business objectives on: 
    • Cost, quality
    • Delivery Inventory
  • Lead Supplier Development and Improvement initiatives
    • Lead times
    • OTIF
  • Reduce or eliminate all non-value adding activity  
  • Identify Supplier cost savings including VA (Value Added) & VE (Value Engineering) initiatives
  • Manage tactical escalation of supplier issues across the group
  • Management of Supply Chain activities related to NPD and Engineering changes
  • Identify areas of risk in the supply chain, effectively prioritise,  develop and implement plans to mitigate such risks
  • Conduct logistic analysis to determine most cost effective,  efficient modes and methods with both suppliers and customers
  • Monitor and report Purchase Price Index (PPI) to create and implement improvement plans

Your Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or related field (preferable)
  • 3 years purchasing experience within the automotive industry
  • Computer literate (MS Office)
  • Good written, verbal and presentation skills
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Proven ability to develop and execute Commodity Strategies
  • Experience of International Purchasing (preferable)
  • Willing to Travel and hold a current International Driver’s License

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.