This Senior Buyer role is within the procurement team focusing specifically on major contracts for a variety of projects.
  
As Senior Buyer you will be responsible for:

• Leading high-value, high-risk strategic sourcing events and category strategies that are vital to the business
• Engaging and building strong working relationships with stakeholders to identify business needs
• Ensuring you understand the supply chains to offer the best solutions
• Building relationships and partnering with the business to secure supply and manage demand
• Working with the supply chain to drive innovation, exploring new markets and technologies
• Driving sustainability and social value

Experience and qualifications:

• Experience in supporting the development and delivery of category or sourcing strategies and management of tendering events
• Can confidently communicate, engage, and build strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Effective project management skills
• Can collate and organise data, analyse commercial issues and bring insight into the detail of costs and contracts
• Can effectively solve problems
• Proactive with a positive attitude and desire to learn 
• A CIPS qualification or working towards is beneficial but we can support professional development

Benefits of the Senior Buyer role include:

• £43-51,000 per annum depending on experience
• Annual bonus
• Double-matched pension
• 25 days annual leave (excluding public holidays)
• Flexible benefits
• Hybrid working