Engineering Buyer Mansfield Woodhouse, England
Kirkland Associates Ltd
Full Time
Mansfield Woodhouse, England
40000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
My client who are and engineering company based in North Nottinghamshire, are seeking an experienced Buyer to join their team on a full-time, permanent basis.
As part of the development of the company procurement strategy, the Buyer will work closely with internal departments and external suppliers, ensuring they are maximising cost saving opportunities.
Key Duties will include:
As part of the development of the company procurement strategy, the Buyer will work closely with internal departments and external suppliers, ensuring they are maximising cost saving opportunities.
Key Duties will include:
- Analysing volume of spend, procurement processes and supplier portfolio.
- Rationalising the suppliers, consolidating spend and introducing robust processes to ensure they are maximising cost saving opportunities.
- Build collaborative supplier relationships, ensuring quality, cost and lead times are in line with business objectives.
- Sourcing globally, ensuring best market value.
- Rationalise suppliers, building a manageable vendor portfolio.
- Working closely with engineering and production to ensure materials and parts are correctly sourced in line with technical specifications.
- Ensuring stock availability whilst maintaining safety stock levels in line with order book
- Negotiating costs and SLA’s in line with business requirements
- Supervising 3 direct reports
- You will be confident in communicating at all levels and willing to deal with end-to-end purchasing including administrative tasks.
- You will be able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail, strong negotiation skills and ability to influence and drive best practice.
- Procurement experience, within a technical manufacturing or engineering environment
- Ability to negotiate and agree contractual terms
- Excellent supplier management skills
Kirkland Associates Ltd
www.kirklandassociates.co.uk
Castle Donington, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1 to 50 Employees
Company - Public
