Senior Buyer

Cooper Edwards Ltd; East Midlands, Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in capital equipment manufacturing is seeking a Senior Buyer to spearhead procurement strategies and drive growth. This pivotal role involves collaborating with engineering and production teams to negotiate contracts and optimize supply chains. The ideal candidate will possess a CIPS qualification and have a strong background in procurement within manufacturing. This dynamic position offers the opportunity to influence an agile SME's success while ensuring quality and timely delivery of products. If you're ready to take on a leadership role and make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement within manufacturing environments.
• Ability to negotiate long-term deals and build strong supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a sustainable procurement strategy.
• Lead negotiations for all direct and indirect procurement.
• Implement strong processes for procurement best practices.

Skills

Procurement Management

Negotiation Skills

Inventory Management

Logistics Coordination

CIPS Qualification

Education

CIPS Qualification

Tools

MRP System

Job description

For an impressive capital equipment manufacturer and market leader in Leicestershire, we are recruiting a Senior Buyer to underpin a growth agenda.

Main responsibilities:

• Reporting into the Operations Director and part of the Management Team, this is a key role in a small dynamic organisation, with overall responsibility for drawing up and delivering a sustainable procurement strategy (including inventory and logistics).
• Working closely with Design, Engineering and Production, the Senior Buyer will lead negotiations for all direct and indirect procurement in a heavily engineering biased context: suppliers selection, contracts and framework agreements negotiations, make vs. buy decisions.
• Leveraging the use of a new MRP system, you will put in strong processes to ensure procurement best practice enables on-time delivery.

The candidate profile:

• Ideally CIPS qualified, you have gained procurement experience in manufacturing environments, putting structures and processes in an agile and fast-growing SME preferably, with a focus on quality and on time delivery.
• As a highly organised Senior Buyer, you have a natural ability to negotiate long-term deals and build the strongest possible supply chain.
• If without previous managerial experience, you will be keen to start managing and developing a small team.

If you are an experienced purchasing/procurement professional and are ready to roll your sleeves up to play a leading part in the growth of an impressive business with unique technology, please send your CV and cover email highlighting your current package and motivation for applying to this position to our retained consultants at Cooper Edwards.