Senior Buyer
- Employer
- AAP3
- Location
- Portsmouth
- Salary
- £24.00 - £28.00 per hour
- Closing date
- 11 Aug 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
Core Duties
Implementing robust supply chains to support delivery of customer bids
Define and deliver the Procurement Plan aligned with the overall Bid Project Plan and schedule
Ensure the timely preparation of supplier RFQs and quotations in support of the price assembly process
Analysing current data to inform the supply chain solution
Negotiate supply chain solutions to support Customer tender
Manage the supplier relationships throughout the bid process
Managing and mitigating supply chain risk
Responsibilities
Functional Knowledge and skills
Excellent and broad Supply Chain best practice knowledge and experience
A breadth of business knowledge and expertise, including good business, market and competitor knowledge as well as depth of vision and creativity and an ability to develop Supply Chain strategy to support business objectives and strategy
Strong commercial awareness and familiar with terms and conditions
Good Microsoft skills especially Excel
The ability to utilise and interpret financial and performance data
Experience in driving a continual improvement culture through innovation and best practice
Broad engineering knowledge would be a distinct advantage but not essential
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