Procurement Heads is working with a leading organisation that provides vehicle and railway maintenance across the globe, to recruit a Buyer.

This organisation has gone through growth in recent years. As a result, they are looking for an individual to join the team and aid with direct procurement and tendering activities.

You will be working within their procurement team of 7 individuals and managing a spend of £5-10m across direct goods and materials.

As a Buyer, your key responsibilities will be:

• Track and report key financial information, such as spend, material costs, savings and OTIF.
• Develop and manage key supplier relationships.
• Manage and improve supplier performance through the implementation of KPI’s.
• Maintain and manage inventory levels through their MRP system.
• Supporting the commercial and tendering function in obtaining supplier quotations for material and service requests.
• Ensuring crucial tender information is submitted to the commercial team in a timely manner.
• Liaising with key internal stakeholders, ensuring stakeholders are satisfied with procurement’s deliverables.
• Pre & post-tender supplier negotiations.
• Ensuring compliance with internal governance, following policies and procedures.

Qualifications and experience:

• CIPS or working towards (desirable)
• Able to read technical drawings (desirable)

Salary and benefits of the Buyer role:

• £35,000
• Hybrid working (4/1)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 days annual leave
• Flexible hours