Senior Buyer

JR United Kingdom; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing and telecommunications firm is seeking a Senior Buyer to manage supplier relationships and procurement processes. The role offers a hybrid working policy and key responsibilities include negotiating contracts, managing suppliers, and ensuring compliance with procurement processes. Applicants should have significant procurement experience and familiarity with SAP systems.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within procurement positions and of managing contracts.
• Confidence negotiating contracts and agreements with third party suppliers.
• Experience with computerized purchasing systems, ideally SAP.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for management of new and existing suppliers for indirect purchasing.
• Lead research, evaluation, and selection of new suppliers.
• Undertake Monthly Service Reviews (MSR) and Supplier Business Review (SBR) meetings.

Skills

Procurement

Supplier management

Contract negotiation

SAP

Tools

SAP

Job description

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We are looking for a Senior Buyer to join a bleeding edge manufacturing and telecommunications business based in Greenwich on a long-term basis to cover the maternity leave of a key team member.

Hybrid Working Policy – 2 days on-site per week, 3 days WFH

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management of new and existing suppliers for indirect purchasing requirements (expense and capital items) ensuring supplier performance for price, delivery and quality
• Category management of Travel in coordination with the businesses Travel Manager
• Procurement lead for catering, occupational health, and training services
• Lead the research, evaluation, and selection of new suppliers and negotiate price/terms for various goods/services
• Creation, negotiation, maintenance and review of purchase agreements, including KPI’s and SLA’s
• Creation and management of tenders and RFQ’s for both services and goods
• Management of multiple e-buy portals
• Management of account queries including payment/invoice queries
• Use of purchasing system (SAP) for preparing and issuing orders/running reports/checking invoices
• Overseeing department activity pertaining to creation and maintenance of PIR’s and source lists for manufacturing consumable parts
• Working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with procurement processes
• Undertake Monthly Service Reviews (MSR) and Supplier Business Review (SBR) meetings

Experience and Skills:

• Significant experience within procurement positions and of managing contracts
• Confidence negotiating contracts and agreements with third party suppliers
• Experience with computerised purchasing systems, ideally SAP