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Senior Buyer

Walsall Permanent £43,000 - £45,000 per year View Job Description
The Senior Buyer role will be responsible for the management of new tenders through our supply chain from enquiry to production order launch.This role requires a detail orientated professional, who possesses excellent communication and relationship building skills, coupled with the ability to work under a somewhat time pressured environment to satisfy production demands.
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  • Join a business with huge quality and excellence in product development
  • Progressive environment - Walsall based

About Our Client

  • My client are a renowned award-winning business of solutions to many of the most successful and companies worldwide, employing more than 200 people in the west midlands and continuing its growth path



Job Description

  • Build and maintain supplier relationships, providing clear communication on day to day procurement activities.
  • Work with suppliers when reviewing tenders to ensure correct information is sent and best solution provided upon tendering
  • Liaise with wider PP team when making supplier selection decisions
  • Be clear and concise when reviewing tenders with Procurement/Commercial and have the ability to offer multiple business cases to offer the customer the best supply chain solution to meet their needs
  • Ability to liaise with PP customers as applicable when making supply chain decisions and support both the Procurement and Commercial Manager as appropriate
  • Escalate issues that cannot be resolved within the wider team to the Procurement Manager.

The Successful Applicant

  • Experience with fast paced strategic procurement ideally from manufacturing
  • To work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to establish and maintain working relationships.
  • Engage in training/team building exercises to promote cross functional working
  • Support/facilitate project work when required
  • Demonstrate core values of the business

What's on Offer

  • Salary up to £45k
  • Simply Health - Medical cover (cash towards dentist, optical etc)
  • Death in Service and Terminal illness cover x1 Annual Salary
  • 25 Annual Leave + 1 extra day to cover birthday plus Bank Holidays
  • 5% Matched Pension
  • CIPS support or any other learning post 12-week probation pass
Contact
Olly Warrington
Quote job ref
JN-082024-6501154
Phone number
+44 115 934 8701

Job summary

Job function
Procurement & Supply Chain
Subsector
Direct Procurement
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Walsall
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Olly Warrington
Consultant phone
+44 115 934 8701
Job reference
JN-082024-6501154