Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer Permanent Ipswich Pure Resourcing are seeking a Senior Buyer on behalf of our client, an established and truly market-leading organisation based in Ipswich. This is an excellent opportunity for an accomplished Senior Purchasing candidate to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our clients purchasing function by supporting the team on a day to day basis, implementing processes, and developing supplier relationships. The Role As a Senior Buyer, you will take responsibility for supporting a small team, ensuring effective day-to-day management and their professional development. You will help to drive engagement through regular hook ups and coaching, mentoring and one-to-one meetings, you will also be responsible for overseeing supplier performance, dealing with any escalated issues, and pricing reviews. Key responsibilities include:Leading, mentoring, and developing the purchasing team to ensure a broad base of knowledge across the departmentManaging escalated queries and providing effective resolutionsBuilding and maintaining strong supplier relationships, implementing review and improvement plans where requiredDelivering data presentations and supporting continuous improvement initiativesOverseeing pricing reviews and ensuring compliance with purchasing proceduresCandidate Profile The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong purchasing expertise combined with proven leadership ability. You will be confident in both developing people and managing supplier ..... full job details .....