Senior Buyer - Boundary Park

Ifor Williams Trailers Ltd; Wales; Remote; GBP 48,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Company pension scheme

Free car parking

Job summary

Ifor Williams Trailers Ltd is seeking a Senior Buyer to lead direct and indirect procurement. This hands-on role requires overseeing day-to-day activities and the long-term strategy for the procurement function, ensuring OTIF, quality, and cost effectiveness.

The successful candidate will influence internal stakeholders and optimize supplier performance across a manufacturing environment. The role offers a senior leadership salary, pension, and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Developing all processes and procedures to ensure best Procurement practice.
• Negotiating, implementing and maintaining supplier agreements.
• Undertake supplier performance reviews to maintain quality, cost and delivery.
• Cross-functional collaboration across departments to meet company goals.
• Manage inventory levels and ensure production accuracy.
• Address complex issues in new products, suppliers, or technologies.
• Develop and maintain long-lasting supplier relationships.
• Implement KPIs to monitor supplier performance.
• Escalate and address business risks promptly.
• Sourcing the right quality of products and services.

Responsibilities

• Develops and enforces procurement processes and procedures.
• Negotiates and maintains supplier contracts and agreements.
• Monitors supplier performance and ensures quality, cost, and delivery targets.
• Works with other departments to meet company goals.
• Manages inventory levels to avoid production disruption.
• Solves complex supplier/product development challenges.
• Builds long-term supplier relationships.
• Implements KPIs to track performance.
• Raises business risks with appropriate action.
• Ensures sourcing quality and value.

Skills

Procurement service

Sourcing strategies

Stakeholder influence

Manufacturing experience

Procurement leadership

Education

CIPS

Job description

Competitive

Summary:

• Working hours: 8am - 5pm (Monday to Friday)
• Office based
• 33 days holiday
• Company pension scheme
• Free car parking

More Details:

As we look to further enhance our market presence, we are recruiting a Senior Buyer to join our thriving team. This role will be responsible for all direct and indirect procurement for the business. Your focus will be to ensure OTIF, maintain the highest of quality and ensure all contracts are cost-effective for the business. The right candidate for this role will be proactive and take the initiative to make improvements throughout the Procurement function. This is a hands-on role requiring the Senior Buyer to be fully involved in both the day to day detail and the overall strategy for the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing all processes and procedures to ensure best Procurement practice
• Negotiating, implementing and maintaining supplier agreements.
• Undertake supplier performance reviews as necessary in order to maintain supplier performance levels for quality, cost and delivery.
• Working cross functionally across the different departments to ensure agreed company goals
• Managing inventory levels and ensuring accuracy without affecting production
• Dealing with complex issues related to the development of new products, new suppliers, or technologies to enhance new or existing products
• Working closely with suppliers to develop and maintain long lasting relationships
• Implementing KPI's to accurately monitor supplier performance
• Escalating and addressing business risks without delay or hesitation
• Full accountability for sourcing the right quality of products and services

Skills & Experience Required

• Ability to deliver a procurement service which is cost effective, quality focussed, timely and reliable
• Experience in developing high level sourcing strategies
• Strong operational Procurement background
• Experience in leading and influencing internal and external stakeholders
• Proven experience working within a manufacturing environment
• High level of education, including CIPS

Why IWT

A family-owned business with the heritage and stability of a family firm and the scale and complexity to genuinely test a senior site leader. Founded in 1958, with five advanced manufacturing sites across North Wales, and with customers across the UK, Europe and beyond.

The role offers real breadth multi-line assembly, process-plant operations, finishing, people development and operational performance all under one site leader. North Wales is an outstanding place to live and work, with the coast and Eryri (Snowdonia) on the doorstep and Liverpool and Manchester just over an hour away.

We offer a competitive senior-leadership salary (details on application), pension, genuine investment in continuing professional development, and a leadership role with real authority and the resources to deliver against it.