Buyer

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading procurement institute in Glasgow seeks an enthusiastic Buyer to enhance their Procurement department. This role involves negotiating with a diverse range of suppliers, managing supplier performance, and developing category strategies. The ideal candidate will have extensive negotiating experience, excellent influencing skills, and strong project management capabilities. This is a hybrid position, allowing flexibility in work arrangements.

Benefits

33 days' annual leave

Flexible leave

Generous employee discounts

Private healthcare

Workplace pension

Qualifications

• Extensive negotiating experience required.
• Track record of delivering results is essential.
• Ability to manage projects effectively is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies.
• Prepare negotiation strategies to achieve outcomes.
• Manage supplier relationships to identify savings.

Skills

Extensive negotiating experience

Excellent influencing skills

Proven track record of delivering results

Sound project management skills

High levels of organisation and attention to detail

Proactive, customer-focused approach

Excellent computer literacy

Job description

We're currently recruiting for an enthusiastic and ambitious Buyer to work at our Procurement department in Glasgow.

We offer:

• 33 days' annual leave
• Flexible leave
• Generous employee discounts
• Private healthcare
• Workplace pension
• ...and much more

Location

Hybrid: Based at our Kilbirnie Street Office in Glasgow, with 1 day working from home per week.

Hours

Full time, Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5pm

About the role

As a Buyer for Arnold Clark, Europe's largest independently owned car retailer, you'll be passionate about your career and keen to take it to the next level. Reporting to the Procurement Manager, you'll be responsible for negotiating with a diverse range of national and international suppliers, developing service level agreements and managing supplier performance.

This is an exceptional opportunity to develop and progress within a department during a period of growth. You'll have the autonomy and scope to develop new ideas, projects, processes and sourcing opportunities.

Day-to-day duties

• Developing and implementing category strategies
• Preparing negotiation strategy to achieve the desired outcomes
• Effectively managing, negotiating and controlling spend categories
• Preparing tender documents and receiving, evaluating and making award recommendations
• Proactively managing supplier relationships to continually identify savings and business improvement opportunities
• Monitoring and investigating new products and sources of supply
• Staying up to date with market conditions

Essential skills

• Extensive negotiating experience
• Excellent influencing skills, with the ability to adapt to a variety of styles
• Proven track record of delivering results
• The ability to drive an agenda along with sound project management skills
• High levels of organisation and attention to detail
• A proactive, customer-focused approach
• Excellent computer literacy and the ability to write persuasive tender documents

Our Culture

Arnold Clark is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to create an environment where collaboration, unique perspectives and multiple approaches are celebrated. We care about our employees and our communities, we nurture talent and encourage ambition, and we are passionate about people who take pride in their work. Our employees are at the heart of everything we do - diverse in our make-up, united in our goals.

To find out more about Life at Arnold Clark, visit our website.

Employment within the Arnold Clark Group is offered subject to satisfactory reference and disclosure check.