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Senior Category Buyer

Employer
1st Executive
Location
England, Hampshire, Southampton
Salary
Up to £45000 per annum + Package
Closing date
12 Jan 2019

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Specialist Area
Buyer
Sector
Travel & Hospitality
Function
Buyer
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Senior Category Buyer - Capex/FF&E

Our client is a Major global organisation based in Southampton, who are undergoing extensive growth and expansion and as a result are seeking an experienced Senior Category Buyer covering categories which may include fixed fees/services (any products that pay a monthly fee for) i.e. Vacuum Cleaners, Chemicals, capital equipment etc.

Further responsibilities include:

  • Develop Sourcing Strategies
  • Engage effectively with the supply market for their category to bring value-added innovation and opportunities
  • Manage, on behalf of the business, effective supplier relationships
  • Lead and execute tendering, negotiating, contracting and contract management activities on significant spend areas within their category
  • Identify and lead opportunities within their category to drive performance in supply, cost, quality, innovation and risk
  • Conduct regular analysis of supplier spend and volume data, reducing overall supply chain costs or leveraging spends where scale allows
  • Act as a Procurement Business partner for product/operations management

Person Specification:

  • Ideally, CIPS qualified or studying
  • Be experienced in category management and development of sourcing strategies, and the end to end sourcing process
  • Ideal sourcing experience of FF&E, Capex or purchasing of parts or similar, from within a technical environment would be preferable
  • Have excellent negotiating skills drawing up and dealing with contracts of varying values and complexities, and managing supplier Service Level Agreements.
  • Be commercially astute analyst, a natural problem solver

Company

1st Executive

1st Executive are the forefront of 'Search' within the Procurement sector operating UK & Europe wide. Our focus in in interim management and permanent recruitment ranging from Senior Buyers through CPO's

At 1st Executive we understand that businesses are driven by people. We work in partnership with our clients to ensure that they improve the performance of their organisation through the right people. Our clients are organisations who are widely regarded as the most attractive to work for in their sector, consisting of FTSE 100 / Global 500 organisations as well as dynamic , growing consultancies. They are diverse in their sectors, covering FMCG, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Technology to name a few.

Our approach is professional, knowledgeable and above all, successful. This is why we are the partnership of choice for many of the UK's most prestigious organisations when it comes to finding the right person for the job.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 84321 630 30
Location
Connaught House
Portsmouth Road
Ripley
Surrey
GU23 7JY
United Kingdom

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