Group Commodity Buyer Indirect

Vaillant Group UK; Belper CP; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Death in service

Private health care

Hybrid working

IiP Gold Award

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Vaillant Group U.K. Ltd is seeking a senior indirect procurement professional to develop and manage a commodity strategy at our Belper site, reporting to the Head of Indirect Purchasing in Germany.

You will work within an international purchasing network to optimize supplier performance and deliver savings. You will support other Group Commodity Buyers in supplier strategies, manage pre-contracts and negotiations for indirect materials, services and investment goods, and contribute to KPI

Qualifications

• Experience in indirect purchasing and commodity strategy development.
• Contracting for indirect materials, services and investment goods.
• Ability to work within an international purchasing organisation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage commodity strategy with an international supplier base.
• Support other Group Commodity Buyers in supplier strategies.
• Meet cost savings targets and deliver financial benefits.
• Monitor supplier and purchasing KPIs and drive improvements.

Skills

Supplier management

Contract negotiations

Cost savings

KPI monitoring

Indirect procurement

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Company: Vaillant Group U.K. Ltd Location: Belper-GBR Country: United Kingdom (GB) Brand: Vaillant

Contract type: Permanent Working time: Full-time

What We Achieve Together

• Reporting to the Head of Indirect Purchasing in Germany, you will be based at our Industrial site in Belper, working as part of an international purchasing organization, creating and managing a commodity strategy with an international supplier base for suppliers with local responsibility.
• In this role you will support the other Group Commodity Buyers in the development and monitoring of their supplier strategies.
• Meet cost savings targets and deliver financial benefits.
• Continual monitoring and improvement of supplier and purchasing KPIs.
• Responsibility for pre contract, contract negotiations and contract management for indirect materials, services and investment goods.
• Areas of spend will include a diverse range of goods and services which will include, Engineering, IT services, utilities, investment goods and consumables and Marketing.

What Makes Us Successful Together

• Reporting to the Head of Indirect Purchasing in Germany, you will be based at our Industrial site in Belper, working as part of an international purchasing organization, creating and managing a commodity strategy with an international supplier base for suppliers with local responsibility.
• In this role you will support the other Group Commodity Buyers in the development and monitoring of their supplier strategies.
• Meet cost savings targets and deliver financial benefits.
• Continual monitoring and improvement of supplier and purchasing KPIs.
• Responsibility for pre contract, contract negotiations and contract management for indirect materials, services and investment goods.
• Areas of spend will include a diverse range of goods and services which will include, Engineering, IT services, utilities, investment goods and consumables and Marketing.

What You Can Count On

• We offer our employees an attractive remuneration package, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and bonus opportunities.
• We offer a generous pension scheme which enables our employees to have greater financial security when they do retire.
• We are in the 7% of UK businesses that have received the gold award from Investors in People (IiP).
• For our employee’s peace of mind, we provide a death in service benefit and the option of subsidised private health care.
• We pride ourselves on our Family Friendly Policies, designed to support our employees during important life events.
• Hybrid working is agreed at a local level under an informal discretionary arrangement. This enables our employees to have flexibility.

What Makes Us Special

We take care of a better climate. In every home and our environment. As a successful family business, we have been living up to this claim for over 150 years. We are one of the world's leading providers of heat pumps, digital services and efficient gas heating appliances and offer energy-saving solutions.

You will find sustainability everywhere at the Vaillant Group. In the office, at the production sites and on the road. Around 16,000 employees from over 70 countries are committed to this every day. As an international team, we take responsibility - for our future and that of our planet. We promote your personal development so that you can act with passion and together we can ensure a better climate.

Become part of the Vaillant Group and help us shape the future of heating!

We promote equity and do not tolerate any form of discrimination. We value the uniqueness of each individual and encourage all people to apply.

Your Contact

Amanda Smith

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