Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer - Maternity Cover - Snodland - £Neg plus generous completion bonus and benefits

Our client, a world-renowned provider of innovative and sustainable solutions, is seeking an experienced Senior Buyer for an 18-month maternity cover contract.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a company dedicated to creating efficient and scalable solutions that address complex challenges across a range of industries.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day management of direct reports, including TMS, appraisals & PDPs.
• Assist in the implementation of a category management approach.
• Support with any site-specific requirements or group purchasing instructions as may be required from time to time.
• Manage the re-order points for spare parts, investigate and liaise with Engineering to ensure correct stock quantities are maintained of suitable spares.
• Manage consignment stocks, ensuring all settlements are carried out on a monthly cycle.
• Manage the creation of material master data in SAP for spare parts.
• Source non-stock engineering parts.
• Record all cost savings in a departmental spreadsheet for audit purposes.
• Ensure the SAP physical inventory checks are carried out daily and that 100% of inventory is counted within each fiscal year, as evidenced by (MIDO) in SAP. Monitor and recount high-value differences, investigating as necessary to ensure a high level of stock accuracy is maintained.
• Assist MRP Controller with any high-value or priority purchases.
• Ensure the central stores are compliant with Safety and Environmental rules and legislation, and that the operatives are fully trained and act at all times in a safe manner, ensuring safe systems of work and risk assessment are regularly completed.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with the key internal and external stakeholders to facilitate and develop cost-saving strategies across all Mill departments.
• Provide stores with cover for planned or unplanned machine shutdowns.
• Provide departmental cover as required.
• Participate, when required, in training programmes as part of the annual appraisal process.
• Attend and actively participate in team meetings.
• Accept additional education/training as deemed necessary, as a result of new equipment and/or changes in technology, in order to continue satisfactorily carrying out the role.
• When requested, to be available for meetings/projects/working away for short periods of time, which may include occasional overnight trips.
• Monitor and assess all Operations/procedures, and when required, assist in updating/improvements.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated and analytical with excellent purchasing experience, including good negotiating and communication skills.
• Strong management skills to lead a small team and gain support from all departmental managers for purchasing activities.
• Experience in using SAP with a sound knowledge of MRP.
• Flexible and not work time orientated Knowledge, Experience and Qualifications
• Membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply at level 4 or above
• Extensive experience in a supervisory purchasing role, preferably within a manufacturing environment or a heavy engineering environment
• Excellent SAP MM experience within a purchasing role and with excellent troubleshooting mentality
• Experienced negotiator with a proven track record of cost reduction initiatives.
• Category Management experience is preferred, but not essential
• Ability to manage a tender process.

Skills and Qualities

• Strong Leadership
• SAP
• Motivation
• Ethical behaviour
• Teamwork
• Travel friendly
• Flexibility
• Negotiating
• IT Literacy (Word, Excel)
• Analytical skills
• Commercially aware (contracts)
• Proactive approach to working and supervision
• Target setting