Buyer - Print & Design
- Employer
- Pin Point Recruitment
- Location
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Salary
- 22000 - 26000
- Closing date
- 10 Mar 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Buyer
- Sector
- Accountancy, Advertising & Creative, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Charities & Not For Profit, Construction, Consultancy, Customer Service, Defence, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Engineering, Event Management, FMCG, Food Services, Healthcare, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Insurance, Legal, Leisure, Management & Executive, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Military, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Private sector, Production & Operations, Professional Services, Public Relations, Public Sector, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Scientific, Secretarial & Administration, Social Services, Telecommunications, Training, Transport & Distribution, Travel & Hospitality, Utilities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Buyer - Print & Design
£22k - £26k plus benefits
Work Location: Sheffield - M1
Full time / Permanent role
My client is a leading Print & Design organisation with several sites across the UK and this is an excellent opportunity to join the organisation in Tactical Buying position. The role is within a newly formed centralised procurement team & will be to support tactical procurement across the organisation.
Main Accountabilities:
- Print purchasing
- Management of contractual and commercial arrangements
- Stakeholder management
- To enforce current policies and procedures relevant to purchasing
- To ensure customer service excellence for internal stakeholders in response to quotes and delivery of completed works
- To regularly benchmark/ audit procurement activities and close down areas of leakage/risk
- To analyse and report on agreed cost saving initiatives
- To suggest new routes to cost savings
- To identify and process cost reduction exercises
- To seek ways of increasing values for money across various expenditure categories
- Constantly review and update agreements/contracts to achieve best results
- To create long-term supplier relationships via framework agreements
- To investigate new or alternative suppliers.
- To constantly strive to improve relations and terms with approved suppliers.
- To attend supplier quarterly review meetings.
Key Areas required:-
- Procurement sector knowledge, multi-site
- Print management solutions
- Knowledge of the Outsourcing services, KPI’s and delivering projects
- A good understanding of supply chain management & potential risks
Who we're looking for:-
An experienced Tactical print buyer, the ideal candidate will have knowledge of print & design supply chain sector. They will have previously worked in a buying role & a proven track record of managing projects, internal stakeholders and cost reduction with financial objectives.
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