Hybrid Procurement Buyer: Savings & Supplier Relations

Edwards & Pearce Ltd.; 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 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.