Senior Operational Buyer: Data-Driven, SAP & Power BI

Kintec Global Recruitment; Warwick; In loco; GBP 55.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Kintec Global Recruitment is seeking an experienced Operational Buyer for a major global engineering and industrial organisation in Warwick, UK. This 12-month contract role focuses on direct procurement, supplier management, and data-driven decision making using SAP, Excel and Power BI.

You will own procurement activities, resolve commercial and delivery issues, and work with stakeholders to ensure smooth purchase-to-pay processes in a fast-moving, complex environment.

Competenze

• 5+ years in Direct Procurement or Operational Buying.
• Experience in a complex engineering/manufacturing environment.
• Proven supplier management and issue resolution experience.
• Strong negotiation and commercial skills.
• SAP transactional experience, ideally in production.
• Advanced Excel skills with large data volumes.
• Experience using Power BI for procurement data.
• Analytical, solution-focused mindset.
• Independent worker with ownership of issues.
• Knowledge of procurement, supplier management, and P2P.
• Excellent organisation; multi-priority / deadlines.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Able to operate in a complex, fast-moving global org.
• Proactive; challenge processes and find improvements.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Fluent or advanced English.

Mansioni

• Manage a diverse portfolio of suppliers and oversee day-to-day procurement activity.
• Support initial part-sourcing activities and procurement of materials.
• Negotiate supplier price adjustments and support commercial negotiations.
• Investigate and resolve supplier, invoicing, and payment discrepancies.
• Manage procurement work queues and ensure POs issued timely.
• Work with internal customers and stakeholders to understand requirements and provide high service.
• Take ownership of procurement issues and drive to resolution.
• Support supplier management activities including qualification, selection, evaluation, development, and classification.
• Maintain and update supplier evaluation systems to support performance.
• Maintain accurate procurement records and data across systems.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies and P2P requirements.
• Support the implementation of globally defined procurement processes.
• Support and, where required, lead procurement business plan activities.
• Analyse procurement data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, improvements.
• Use Excel and Power BI to analyze procurement information and support decisions.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement using Lean.

Conoscenze

SAP

Excel

Power BI

Negotiation

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Formazione

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Descrizione del lavoro

Kintec Global Recruitment is seeking an experienced Operational Buyer for a major global engineering and industrial organisation in Warwick, UK. This 12-month contract role focuses on direct procurement, supplier management, and data-driven decision making using SAP, Excel and Power BI.

You will own procurement activities, resolve commercial and delivery issues, and work with stakeholders to ensure smooth purchase-to-pay processes in a fast-moving, complex environment.