Group Senior Buyer

If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, this is a great opportunity for you.

The Group Senior Buyer will be responsible for portfolio spend within a category, analysing performance impacts of COG, supply chain performance and overhead budgets through; prices, continuity of supply, supplier quality and service performance.

Client Details

My client is the leading supplier of FMCG products for Europe's largest and most successful retailers as well as producing own brand products.

Location: Manchester

Description

The Group Senior Buyer will have the following responsibilities:

The successful candidate must be able to identify, understand and quantify problems arising. Proactive approach, anticipating problems and seek appropriate actions to avoid.
Must be able to resolve most problems presenting, drawing upon line manager and cross functional stakeholder support as necessary. Appropriately communicate to all relevant stakeholders, and not hide a problem because of concern for the consequences.
The successful candidate must also be able to act appropriately as a key interface between supply chain and a number of external companies (suppliers).
Able to act across the whole group (factories, BU's, departments etc)
This role requires good negotiation and persuading/influencing skills (internal and external stakeholders). Impact of these skills directly linked to COG and/or overhead budgets and success in getting projects implemented, therefore the candidate should be able to manage pressurised situations.
The typical external contacts are supplier sales manager/director and Industry consultant. And the typical internal contacts include logistics managers, category teams, R&D teams, and the budget holder.
The successful candidate will develop, and influence stakeholders to support change (e.g. Indirect, COP)Profile

The successful candidate for the Group Senior Buyer will ideally have the following key skills & qualities:

Must be educated to level appropriate to be, highly numerate, a problem solver, influencer and a good communicator.

Knowledge/skills required include:

Negotiation

Procurement strategy

Technical understanding of category materials or services

Project management

Contract writing and negotiation

Financial evaluation and forecasting

Must be IT literate and should have the working knowledge of SAP, spreadsheets, presentations and documents.

Candidate must also possess knowledge of internal business knowledge, including, understanding of Commercial Category and Regional Business Unit needs to ensure alignment of purchasing strategy for the portfolio.

The candidate should also have the ability to develop knowledge of external business including, supply base, category technology changes, competitor developments and market drivers.

Job Offer

GBP46,000 - GBP50,000
Home working
Desirable benefits package