Senior Buyer

Copello; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Buyer to support internal customers with strategic make/buy decisions and contract management. This role is crucial in maximizing benefits while mitigating risks, ensuring adherence to public procurement regulations, and fostering strong relationships with the supply chain. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in procurement, excellent communication skills, and a collaborative approach to enhancing supply chain processes. Join a dynamic team in a hybrid working environment where your expertise will drive continuous improvement and contribute to successful program delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in sourcing to contract and public procurement regulations.
• Knowledge of end-to-end public procurement and tendering processes.

Responsibilities

• Tasking team members to deliver specific activities and maintaining contract management plans.
• Building relationships with suppliers and ensuring adherence to supply chain processes.

Skills

Strategic evaluation experience

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder Management

Tools

JAGGAER

Ariba

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION - SENIOR BUYER

Inside IR35 - 18 month contract - 3 days p/week on site (Hybrid)

Job Purpose:
Support internal customers through the development of appropriate make/buy decisions, placing and managing contracts and providing expertise in delivery of requirements to meet business needs and maximise benefit opportunities whilst mitigating risks.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Tasking other team members to undertake and deliver specific activities or objectives.
2. Maintaining contract management plans and providing data to support functional.
3. Building robust relationships with the external supply chain, monitoring contract performance and agreeing appropriate return to green actions, escalating where appropriate to maintain programme delivery.
4. Supporting change and championing best practice to promote the Supply Chain function and where appropriate, participating as subject matter expert in the review of Supply Chain or other processes and procedures to drive continuous improvement.
5. Ensuring Supply Chain processes, tools and systems are adhered to, leading by example.
6. Promoting and ensuring the use of a fully evaluated and approved supply base that aligns with existing and known future demand.
7. Working with key stakeholders to ensure the speedy resolution of queries, expediting of deliveries, and closing overdue commitments.

Essential:

1. Strategic evaluation experience.
2. Experience of sourcing to contract.
3. Experience of Public Procurement Regulations.
4. Knowledge of end-to-end public procurement.
5. Experience of end-to-end tendering.
6. Tender evaluation experience.
7. Experience of System Implementations (finance).
8. Previous experience in a procurement/purchasing environment.
9. Excellent communication skills.
10. Knowledge and understanding of JAGGAER (preferable) or Ariba (as equivalent).
11. Able to work collaboratively on tech enhancement improvements and new releases.
12. Stakeholder Management.