Senior Buyer

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share Scheme

Cashback health plan

Life assurance

Pension

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is supporting an established manufacturing organisation with the recruitment of an experienced Senior Buyer to join their Supply Chain team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced procurement professional who enjoys taking ownership of a substantial supplier portfolio, combining purchasing and planning, problem-solving and detailed data analysis. Hybrid working with salary up to £40,000 plus generous benefits is on offer.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Buyer or Senior Buyer in manufacturing or engineering.
• Proven ability to manage a sizeable supplier portfolio and lead times.
• Excellent negotiation and cost-saving track record.
• Advanced Excel and data-analysis capability.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems and supplier performance reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of 20-30 suppliers, overseeing purchasing requirements and lead times.
• Source, evaluate and onboard new suppliers, assessing capability and delivery performance.
• Lead supplier negotiations across pricing, terms, contracts and delivery.
• Build strong supplier relationships while challenging performance when needed.
• Use advanced Excel/data analysis to understand volumes and supplier data.

Skills

Purchasing

Supplier management

Negotiation

Data analysis

Planning

Excel

ERP/MRP

Stakeholder management

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Senior Buyer - Supply Chain and Planning

Cwmbran - Hybrid Working Salary: Up to £40,000 + generous benefits package

Yolk Recruitment is supporting an established manufacturing organisation with the recruitment of an experienced Senior Buyer to join their Supply Chain team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced procurement professional who enjoys taking ownership of a substantial supplier portfolio, combining purchasing and supplier management with planning, problem-solving and detailed data analysis.

This is what you'll be doing

As Buyer, you'll take responsibility for a portfolio of approximately 20-30 UK and international suppliers, managing purchasing activity from sourcing and negotiation through to ongoing performance, planning and delivery.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a portfolio of 20-30 suppliers, taking ownership of purchasing requirements, order books, lead times and supplier performance.
• Sourcing, evaluating and onboarding new suppliers, assessing commercial capability, quality, service and supply performance.
• Leading supplier negotiations across pricing, payment terms, contracts and delivery agreements to achieve best overall value.
• Building strong supplier relationships while confidently challenging performance, quality, service levels and delivery where required.
• Using advanced Excel and data analysis to understand purchasing volumes, demand, supplier performance, lead times and order-book requirements.
• Analysing data to identify trends, risks, supply issues and opportunities, using findings to support effective purchasing and planning decisions.
• Managing supplier lead times and proactively resolving issues that could impact material availability or continuity of supply.
• Developing cost-saving initiatives through commercial analysis, benchmarking, negotiation and alternative sourcing.
• Monitoring supplier and Supply Chain risk and implementing appropriate corrective or preventative actions.
• Working closely with internal teams to understand future requirements and volumes, ensuring purchasing activity remains aligned with operational demand.
• Developing and monitoring procurement KPIs and producing meaningful reports to support Supply Chain decision-making.
• Identifying opportunities to improve purchasing processes, supplier performance and ways of working.
• Maintaining accurate purchasing and supplier information across internal ERP/MRP systems.

The experience you'll bring

• Strong experience as a Buyer, Senior Buyer, Procurement Specialist or similar, ideally within a fast paced manufacturing or engineering environment
• Proven experience independently managing a sizeable supplier/purchasing portfolio.
• Strong understanding of planning, purchasing volumes, order-book management and supplier lead times.
• Excellent supplier management skills, with the confidence to challenge underperformance and resolve quality, service and delivery issues.
• Strong commercial and negotiation experience, including achieving cost savings and improved supplier terms.
• Experience sourcing, evaluating and onboarding new suppliers.
• Advanced Excel and data-analysis capability is essential, with experience interpreting large volumes of purchasing and Supply Chain data.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn data into practical purchasing decisions.
• Experience using ERP/MRP or procurement systems.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working collaboratively across different departments.
• Highly organised, commercially minded and comfortable taking ownership and making informed decisions.

And this is what you'll get in return

• Salary up to £40,000, negotiable for the right person
• Hybrid working - 2 days working from home per week
• 37.5-hour working week: Monday-Thursday: 7:30am-4:00pm, Friday: 7:00am-1:00pm
• 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Share Scheme
• Cashback health plan
• Life assurance
• Pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A varied role with genuine ownership of a supplier and purchasing portfolio
• Opportunity to directly influence supplier performance, cost reduction and procurement improvements
• Collaborative Supply Chain environment

Please note: Due to high application volumes, we can't respond to every applicant. If you haven't heard from us within 7 days, unfortunately you've not been successful on this occasion. Please check our website for other opportunities.