Senior Buyer

Iwt; Corwen; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Company pension scheme

Free car parking

Office-based

Job summary

IWT is seeking a Senior Buyer to lead direct and indirect procurement, ensuring OTIF, quality and cost-effective contracts. This hands-on role requires involvement in day-to-day details and overall strategy, with a focus on supplier performance and cross-functional collaboration.

North Wales location with a family-owned ethos and strong regional presence. The role emphasizes developing procurement processes, negotiating supplier agreements, and driving improvements across the function while

Qualifications

• Deliver procurement service that is cost effective, high quality and reliable.
• Develop high level sourcing strategies and processes.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop processes and procedures to ensure best procurement practice.
• Negotiate and maintain supplier agreements.
• Undertake supplier performance reviews to ensure quality, cost and delivery.
• Collaborate across departments to meet company goals.
• Manage inventory levels without disrupting production.
• Address complex supplier/tech issues for new or existing products.
• Foster long-term supplier relationships.
• Implement KPIs to monitor supplier performance.
• Escalate business risks promptly.
• Source right quality products and services.

Skills

Cost optimisation

Supplier management

Sourcing strategy

Negotiation

Inventory management

Stakeholder influence

Education

CIPS qualification

Job description

Summary

• Working hours: 8am - 5pm (Monday to Friday)
• Office based
• 33 days holiday
• Company pension scheme
• Free car parking

More Details

As we look to further enhance our market presence, we are recruiting a Senior Buyer to join our thriving team. This role will be responsible for all direct and indirect procurement for the business. Your focus will be to ensure OTIF, maintain the highest of quality and ensure all contracts are cost-effective for the business. The right candidate for this role will be proactive and take the initiative to make improvements throughout the Procurement function. This is a hands‑on role requiring the Senior Buyer to be fully involved in both the day to day detail and the overall strategy for the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing all processes and procedures to ensure best Procurement practice
• Negotiating, implementing and maintaining supplier agreements.
• Undertake supplier performance reviews as necessary in order to maintain supplier performance levels for quality, cost and delivery.
• Working cross functionally across the different departments to ensure agreed company goals
• Managing inventory levels and ensuring accuracy without affecting production
• Dealing with complex issues related to the development of new products, new suppliers, or technologies to enhance new or existing products
• Working closely with suppliers to develop and maintain long lasting relationships
• Implementing KPI's to accurately monitor supplier performance
• Escalating and addressing business risks without delay or hesitation
• Full accountability for sourcing the right quality of products and services

Skills & Experience Required

• Ability to deliver a procurement service which is cost effective, quality focussed, timely and reliable
• Experience in developing high level sourcing strategies
• Strong operational Procurement background
• Experience in leading and influencing internal and external stakeholders
• Proven experience working within a manufacturing environment
• High level of education, including CIPS

Why IWT

A family-owned business with the heritage and stability of a family firm and the scale and complexity to genuinely test a senior site leader. Founded in 1958, with five advanced manufacturing sites across North Wales, and with customers across the UK, Europe and beyond.

The role offers real breadth multi-line assembly, process-plant operations, finishing, people development and operational performance all under one site leader. North Wales is an outstanding place to live and work, with the coast and Eryri (Snowdonia) on the doorstep and Liverpool and Manchester just over an hour away.

We offer a competitive senior‑leadership salary (details on application), pension, genuine investment in continuing professional development, and a leadership role with real authority and the resources to deliver against it.