Buyer (12 Month Temporary)

Edwards & Pearce; England; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

On-site 3 days

Job summary

Edwards & Pearce Ltd. is recruiting an experienced Buyer for a 12-month role in Staffordshire. The role concentrates on identifying and delivering savings across materials and indirect categories, while ensuring material supply to production and managing supplier relationships.

The position sits in a broader multi-site procurement team, with involvement in new product development and interaction with site stakeholders, including production and engineering. Hybrid work is offered.

Qualifications

• Experienced procurement professional in manufacturing
• Autonomous and self-sufficient in delivery
• Proven negotiation experience
• Motivated to realize savings in cost and process
• Strong liaison and relationship building skills
• Analytical with strong organisational discipline

Responsibilities

• Analyse spend across the site and identify saving opportunities.
• Negotiate costs for materials and services, including MRO and small capex projects.
• Ensure supply of materials to production and manage supplier relationships.
• Work with a multi-site procurement team to implement group strategy.
• Involvement in new product development projects.
• Manage relationships with site stakeholders (production, engineering, product development)

Skills

Experience procurement

Autonomy

Negotiation

Cost savings

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Job description

Edwards & Pearce are working with a large international manufacturing organisation to recruit an experienced Buyer in the Staffs area. The role will focus on identifying and delivering savings for the site across a set of materials and indirect categories.

This is a new role on a 12 month basis focused on providing procurement input specifically for this site and to identifying and realising potential savings across all areas of spend. The role offers a great profile opportunity through delivery of new savings areas to the business.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyse spend across the site and identify saving opportunities.
• Negotiate costs for materials and services, including MRO and small capex projects.
• Ensure supply of materials to production and manage supplier relationships.
• Work as part of a larger multi-site procurement team to implement group strategy.
• Involvement in new product development projects.
• Manage relationship with site stakeholders such as production, engineering, and product development.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experienced procurement professional with background in manufacturing.
• Self sufficient and able to operate autonomously.
• Existing negotiation experience.
• Motivated to make savings in cost and process improvement.
• Strong liaison and relationship skills.
• Analytical, with strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

THE BENEFITS:

• Salary: to £45,000
• Hybrid working (3 days on site)

THE CONSULTANCY:

Edwards & Pearce acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Edwards & Pearce is an Equal Opportunities Employer.