Buyer

Job Description:

Buyer / Procurement / Purchasing Specialist
Indirect Products
Associate Procurement Professional
£24.00 FCSA Umbrella (This role is deemed Inside IR35)
Paye available too (£17.75 ph)
Fully Office Based 5 days pw, close to Leicester (10/15 mins from J21 Leicester Forest Junction)
Do you have a Strategic purchasing/buying background in purchasing Category Buying for indirect products/projects within the Manufacturing or similarly aligned industry?
Have you been responsible for category purchased indirect products for a large facility, factory or similar establishment
 
Do you understand the importance of cost reduction in large & complicated supply chains?
Would you like to work for one of the market leaders in their field?
 
Our Leicestershire based client are looking for applications from commodity indirect purchasing specialists who are able to optimize, streamline & improve their bought products for their facility.
Fully Office based 5 days pw required
 
Prime Requirements of the Role

• Commercial Purchasing Experience as a Buyer of relevant indirect products or Processes
• Category Management experience highly relevant.
• Experience within one of the Category requirements
• Cost Reduction experience through Negotiation / Design is highly desirable and effectively essential
• Strong Excel Skills & ability to make data based decisions
• Power BI Experience desirable (Not Essential though)

 
 
JOB PURPOSE:  
Manage supply network procurement related activities to deliver procurement excellence and integration between Suppliers & internal customers throughout the site..  Demonstrate leadership in recognising the potential for cost and inventory reductions, and quality improvement; as well as responsibility for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment. 
Provides supply network solutions expertise, using Quality, Cost, Logistics, and Development Management (QCLDM) to deliver maximum value.
 
Demonstrate leadership in recognising the potential for cost and inventory reductions, and quality improvement; as well as responsibility for soundness of business proposals and risk assessment
 
Understand the current performance of the supply network, evaluate strategic options, decide a course of action, and begin implementation.  The incumbent should ideally have a strong knowledge of Facility, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Category Strategies and be able to implement Cost Reduction Projects
 
Experience is preferred in purchasing, logistics, manufacturing, and/or engineering. 
The position requires a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent 
 
Qualifications / Experience.
3 - 5 years+  job-related experience.
Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills are required in dealing with sensitive issues, developing others, and reaching consensus on specific actions. 
This individual normally possesses Category Team or Facility Supply Team experience.
Is experienced in leading teams, suppliers and customers to effective solutions. Analytical, problem solving, and project leadership skill.
 
We have deliberately kept this description short to encourage application from procurement professionals, who wish to have a major impact within a indirect products supplied to this facility
 
Rate £24.00 ph, (FCSA Umbrella, this role is deemed inside IR35)
£17.75 ph - Paye
Duration, at least initially 12- 18 months, likely to extend beyond this