Senior Buyer

TVS Interfleet; Market Deeping; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the industry is seeking a Senior Buyer to join their Purchasing Department. The successful candidate will be responsible for sourcing and negotiating materials while maintaining quality and cost-effectiveness. This role offers a dynamic environment where proactive management of suppliers and processes is key to success.

Qualifications

• Strong supplier management skills required.
• Ability to negotiate contracts and improve terms of business.
• Proactive communication with various departments.

Responsibilities

• Source, negotiate and purchase raw materials and services necessary for production.
• Maintain control of purchasing to achieve best quality and cost.
• Monitor stock levels to minimize working capital.

Skills

Supplier management

Market awareness

Negotiation

Product understanding

Cost-effectiveness

Job description

General Description:

Working as part of our Purchasing Department, the Senior Buyer is responsible for sourcing, negotiating and purchasing raw materials, components, supplies and services necessary for production. The role requires strong supplier management skills, market awareness, product understanding and the ability to ensure timely delivery whilst maintaining cost-effectiveness and quality.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain close control of purchasing for all materials, goods and services ensuring that best quality, price and delivery are achieved to departmental KPI’s.
• Arrange where possible to establish Group buying deals, in conjunction with the Procurement Director.
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
• Raise purchase orders, ensure accurate delivery scheduling and deal with invoice queries.
• Monitor stock levels in order to minimise working capital expenditure whilst allowing sufficient materials available for unimpeded production.
• Conduct contractual negotiations with suppliers to ensure that all contracts reflect a robust flow-down of our contractual terms and conditions and to minimise commercial risks.
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications.
• Effective and proactive liaison with other departments as necessary.
• Make positive contribution to business decisions.
• Access more effective suppliers capable of supporting design initiatives and/or cost out strategies.
• Administration and reporting as necessary.
• Monitoring and identifying new products and sources of supply.
• Staying up-to-date with market conditions.
• Evaluate and support resolution on material quality, price, supply issues, delivery and invoice discrepancies.
• Propose and implement job related process improvements, participate in cross-functional reviews.
• Compile data relating to supplier performance to enable evaluation.
• Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations.
• Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review potential cost reduction activities.
• Liaise with stores and production to make sure deliveries are in line with company requirements.
• Liaise with Suppliers and H&S Manager to ensure all deliveries comply with Company Health and Safety requirements.
• Ensure compliance with all aspects of the Health & Safety policy.
• Ensure equality and diversity is actively promoted in the workplace