Strategic Indirect Purchasing Specialist

Tokyo Electron; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Tokyo Electron Europe Ltd. is seeking an experienced procurement professional to manage indirect and non-stock purchasing, supplier onboarding and MSP coordination.

You will process POs in SAP (from Oct 2027) and SAP Fieldglass, track supplier performance, and work with planning, logistics, finance and legal to align procurement with contracts. The role requires proven procurement experience, strong negotiation and stakeholder management, and excellent reporting and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement/purchasing and supply chain, especially indirect and non-stock.
• Experience with contingent workforce programmes and VMS/MSP platforms (SAP Fieldglass preferred).
• Comfortable with SAP procurement tools.
• Experience in commercial, negotiation and stakeholder management.
• Experience managing suppliers and working within a team.
• Good reporting, organisation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase requisitions and raise POs in SAP systems.
• Chase suppliers for order acknowledgements and delivery confirmations.
• Match invoices to POs and flag discrepancies for payment.
• Maintain PO and contract files in SharePoint.
• Support supplier onboarding and master data updates.
• Assist with Capex register, budget tracking, and spend reporting.
• Apply purchasing controls and support audits.
• Coordinate contingent workforce sourcing via MSP and SAP Fieldglass.
• Develop and improve non-stock purchasing processes.
• Achieve savings via tenders and cost-down initiatives.
• Select, onboard and manage suppliers and agencies; monitor performance.
• Track spending, savings, supplier performance and KPIs; report to management.

Skills

Procurement

Contingent workforce

SAP Fieldglass

SAP procurement

Negotiation

Stakeholder mgmt

Supplier management

Reporting

Communication

Education

A-levels, BTEC, NVQ3 or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree / CIPS (desirable)

Tools

SAP Fieldglass

SharePoint

Job description

Tokyo Electron Europe Ltd. is seeking an experienced procurement professional to manage indirect and non-stock purchasing, supplier onboarding and MSP coordination.

You will process POs in SAP (from Oct 2027) and SAP Fieldglass, track supplier performance, and work with planning, logistics, finance and legal to align procurement with contracts. The role requires proven procurement experience, strong negotiation and stakeholder management, and excellent reporting and communication skills.