Senior Buyer

Melbreck Technical Recruitment; Thatcham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

1 day working from home

Flexible hours

Job summary

Melbreck Technical Recruitment is seeking a Senior Buyer in Maidenhead to lead strategic sourcing and supplier management for high-spend categories in a fast-paced electronics environment.

You will drive procurement strategy, manage supplier performance, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality electronic components, with a focus on achieving year-on-year savings and robust contract governance.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as Senior/Category Buyer with commodity level experience.
• Evidence of contributing to strategy and vision within a high-performing procurement team.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation (contracts and frame agreements) and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience supporting development/improvement of a complex supply chain in engineering/manufacturing.
• Experience implementing contract negotiations and ownership of fulfillment.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize strategic sourcing initiatives across assigned categories.
• Act as procurement lead for high spend/high risk categories.
• Manage end to end supply of parts for nominated commodity and deploy strategy responsibly.
• Ensure effective supplier management to deliver SOTIF and SDPPM performance.
• Achieve year-on-year savings through competitive sourcing of products/services.
• Collaborate with Commodity team to support Bid or NPI with supplier engagement.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in SCM

MBA or professional qualification (CIPS/CPM)

Tools

MRP environments

ERP systems

Job description

Senior Buyer - Maidenhead - £50,000 to £55,000 + benefits

Join a global leader at the forefront of electronics innovation as a Senior Buyer, where your expertise will directly influence the supply chain behind cutting-edge technology used around the world.

This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of strategic procurement activities within a fast-paced, high-tech environment, working with international suppliers and cross-functional engineering teams to secure critical components and drive commercial value.

You’ll play a key role in shaping sourcing strategy, managing supplier performance, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality electronic components that power the next generation of advanced products.

Senior Buyer - Role Overview:

• Manage and optimize strategic sourcing initiatives across assigned categories..
• Act as procurement lead for a number of high spend and/or high risk categories.
• Manage end to end supply of parts for nominated commodity, ensuring that the commodity strategy is deployed and that it is appropriate.
• Ensure effective supplier management to deliver the best possible SOTIF and SDPPM performance from the suppliers of the commodity.
• Ensure competitive sourcing for all products and or services with the objective of delivering year on year savings against.
• Work closely with the Commodity team to ensure supplier engagement and quotation support is provided as part of any Bid or NPI activity.
• Identify Productivity ideas and drive to implementation.
• Manage and drive improvements in PPV for their scope.

Senior Buyer - Candidate Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience of working as a Senior Buyer / Category buyer with commodity level experience
• Sufficient experience to form part of a high performing procurement team, with evidence of contributing to strategy and vision.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation (especially around Contracts and Frame Agreements), and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or related professional qualification (e.g., CIPS, CPM) is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of supporting the development and improvement of a complex supply chain within an engineering and manufacturing environment
• Experience of implementing contract and supply negotiations with suppliers and taking ownership and accountability for subsequent fulfilment of these contracts.
• Experienced in working within MRP environments

Senior Buyer - What's on offer:

• Up to £55,000 Salary
• Pension
• 1 day working from home
• Flexibility in start and finish times (core hours are 10am to 3pm)

This role is key to succession planning of the business, so the opportunities for progression are clear, defined and obtainable!