Senior Buyer

A successful manufacturing business require a Senior Buyer. Applicants need procurement experience within a manufacturing or engineering business and be capable undertaking both operational and strategic tasks. These could include; category strategy development, NPI, and day-to-day supplier management.

The Senior Buyer will work in a small team of Buyers, reporting to a Procurement Manager. Responsible for ensuring continuity of supply, while supporting category strategy development and ensuring supply chain partners can meet business future NPI needs.

Specific duties of the Senior Buyer include:

• Supply market intelligence and supplier selection activities across; electronics, mechanical, plastics and Class C
• Drive suppliers against day-to-day metrics and KPIs such as OTD/OTIF, develop suppliers, intro recovery plans etc
• Collaborate with colleagues working across NPI such as; quality and engineering
• Development of category strategies across critical suppliers and commodity sets - electronics, mechanical, plastics and Class C
• Work with procurement and business leadership to refine procurement processes, tools, ways of working

Senior Buyer applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Previous procurement experience within a manufacturing or engineering business, at Buyer, Senior Buyer, Strategic Buyer, Category Buyer, Procurement Manager or Sourcing Manager
• Experience of working with technical drawings, engineering drawings and BOMS
• Experience of supporting NPI, NPD, new product development, batch, R&D or prototype manufacturing activities
• Appreciation of inventory management strategies
• MRP/ERP experience