Strategic buyer

Reed Procurement and Supply Chain are currently working with an organisation approximately 15 miles outside King's Lynn looking for a strategic buyer to join a newly formed team. You may have worked in or around engineering businesses or manufacturing environments. 

Through doing this you are familiar with MRP systems and working with a large supplier base buying raw materials and components. 

If you're an expert in end to end sourcing, driving out cost and looking for innovative ways to leverage group spend we'd like to talk with you.



• Maintain close control of purchasing for all materials, goods and services ensuring that best quality, price and delivery are achieved to departmental KPI’s.
• Arrange where possible to establish Group buying deals, in conjunction with the Group Head of Purchasing.
• Closely manage a group of commodities to achieve best value for the group
• Effectively manage, negotiate and control categories of spend.
• Negotiate orders, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
• Raise purchase orders and deal with invoice queries.
• Conduct contractual negotiations with suppliers to ensure that all contracts reflect a robust flow-down of our contractual terms and conditions and to minimise commercial risks.
• Management and control of purchasing systems
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications
• Effective and proactive liaison with other departments as necessary.
• Make positive contribution to business decisions
• Access more effective suppliers capable of supporting design initiatives and/or cost out strategies
• Administration and reporting as necessary.
• Monitoring and identifying new products and sources of supply
• Staying up-to-date with market conditions
• Evaluate and support resolution on material quality, price, supply issues, delivery and invoice discrepancies.

• Propose and implement job related process improvements, participate in cross-functional reviews.
• Compile data relating to supplier performance to enable evaluation
• Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations
• Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review potential cost reduction activities
• Liaise with stores and production to make sure deliveries are in line with company requirements.
• Liaise with Suppliers and H&S Manager to ensure all deliveries comply with Company Health and Safety requirements.

Experience required

Previous procurement experience in a manufacturing or engineering company. 
• Proven successful track record in supply chain in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent analytical skills
• Team player and an able and competent decision maker
• Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate resources effectively
• Proficient with Microsoft Office packages (Excel, Word, and Outlook)
• Effective team player
• Willingness to take on challenges, find solutions and implement them

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