Indirect Buyer

Hawk Brown Recruitment; Brackley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Une entreprise de recrutement dynamique recherche un Acheteur Indirect pour rejoindre son département des achats à Brackley. Le candidat idéal possédera au moins trois ans d'expérience et des compétences avérées en gestion de projet et en négociation. Vous serez responsable de diverses activités d'achat, avec un accent particulier sur l'optimisation des coûts et la qualité des services. De belles perspectives de progression et un environnement de travail stimulant sont offerts.

Benefits

Environnement de travail agréable

25 jours de congés

Assurance vie

Casse-croûte subventionné

Pension

Couverture médicale privée

Qualifications

• Minimum de 3 ans d'expérience en achats indirects.
• Flexibilité dans les horaires et approche.
• Capacité à travailler de manière autonome.

Responsibilities

• Gérer les achats indirects et les relations avec les parties prenantes.
• Conduire des exercices d'approvisionnement et négocier les meilleures valeurs.
• Suivre la performance des fournisseurs et s'assurer leur conformité.

Skills

Gestion des parties prenantes

Négociation

Analyse d'achats

Tools

SAP

Job description

Indirect Buyer
Brackley

My client is seeking an Indirect Buyer to join the Purchasing department. The Indirect Buyer will be working with various stakeholders across the business to expand the scale and scope of indirect purchasing activities predominantly within Marketing and Events, maximising value for money and ensuring professional process and control of expenditure. You will:

• Lead Projects drive communications, manage multiple stakeholders and workflows to keep projects on time, on brand and on budget
• Provide key purchasing expertise to Marketing, Communications, Finance & Commercial stakeholder to optimise purchasing activities
• Prepare commercial specifications for requests and proposals with relevant stakeholders
• Oversee the end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met
• Request competitive quotations and negotiate best value with suppliers for a variety of indirect goods and services
• Produce and run sourcing exercises create purchasing recommendation documentation with respect to quality, suitability, delivery and pricing
• Responsible for awarding contracts and purchase orders with consensus from the respective stakeholders
• Recommend achievable changes to related company practices; interpret policies and procedures to stakeholders in their need to purchase goods and services
• Analyse current procurement activities and recommend improvement through more efficient procurement methods, quantity discounts, standardisation, value analysis and cooperative purchasing
• Prepare and maintain accurate records and documentation on all request for quotes, responses, purchases, contracts, correspondence and related follow up
• Regularly meet with stakeholders and suppliers to discuss the purchase of goods or services and determine best value approach
• Proactively liaise between suppliers and stakeholders to resolve purchasing supply issues, ensuring an accurate and timely provision of information and supply
• Expedite outstanding purchase orders to ensure delivery requirements are met
• Manage supplier performance to ensure cost, quality, delivery expectations are achieved and maintained
• Evaluate and monitor contracts to be sure that suppliers comply with the terms and conditions of the contract and to determine the need for relevant contract changes
• Coordinate and resolve contractual problems/queries with stakeholders and suppliers
• Ensure that all purchasing activity is compliant with the company s policies and procedures
• Keep apprised of economic/business situations as they affect purchasing strategy; make recommendations to stakeholders to adequately meet those changing conditions
• Assist in resolving Accounts Payable invoice discrepancies and variances
• Accurately maintain the purchasing databases to a high standard
• Perform other related duties such as special assignments and annual major objectives as required

The ideal candidate will:

• Ideally have a minimum of 3 years experience within Indirect purchasing
• Have strong stakeholder management skills
• Ideally have previous knowledge of utilising SAP
• Be committed, motivated and self-disciplined in their work
• Be flexible in working hours and approach
• Be able to work on their own initiative, with minimal supervision

Working hours are Working hours Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm.

Benefits include a fantastic working environment, parking on site, 25 days holiday, bonus, life assurance, subsidised canteen, pension and private medical cover.