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Senior Indirect Buyer 14mth contract

Nigel Wright Group

Posted 9 hours ago, valid for 24 days

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR4 6ST, England

Full Time

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Nigel Wright's Supply Chain and Procurement Team is seeking a Senior Indirect Buyer for a leading North East Manufacturing business for a contract of approximately 14 to 16 months.
The role offers a salary and allows for 4 days of on-site work and 1 day of remote work each week.
Candidates should have a proven track record in strategic procurement within Indirect categories, with particular experience in FM and/or TFM agreements being beneficial.
The ideal candidate will possess strong negotiation skills, contract management experience, and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders.
This position requires a proactive team player who can adapt to changing priorities and is capable of starting as early as April 2025.

The CompanyNigel Wright's Supply Chain and Procurement Team are currently working exclusively with a leading North East Manufacturing business to recruit a Senior Indirect Buyer role for a period of c14 - 16 months. The Client will support 4 days' on site working and 1 day working from home. This is a salaried role, latest start April 2025.The OpportunityReporting into the Head of Department and working within a collaborative team, the Senior Indirect Buyer will be responsible for:

Managing Plant Capex, MRO, H&S, Construction-, Manufacturing-, Engineering Services across multiple UK sites
Partnering with key senior stakeholders, reviewing and consolidating spend
Designing Category Strategy - Spend/supplier analysis, developing category business plans
Collaborating closely with internal stakeholders to ensure early involvement of Procurement in Capex project activity
Running tenders through to award and contract negotiation, - implementation supporting key strategic projects
Supplier performance management

About YouThe ideal Senior Indirect Buyer will have/be:

Proven strategic procurement track record within Indirect categories (in particular FM and/or TFM agreements beneficial)
Indirect Category management experience/contract management experience essential
Strong negotiation skills, cost analysis, commercially astute
Experienced in negotiating agreements/SLAs, with a good understanding of contractual terms
Proactive, resilient, assertive, able to hit ground running
Strengths in building relationships externally//internally - confident to challenge
Team player, flexible to changing priorities and able to work at pace

For further details of this exciting new challenge, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

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