Senior Buyer
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Location
Corby, Northamptonshire
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£35000 - £40000 per annum
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Contact:
Chantal Partridge
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Contact email:
chantal.partridge@butlerross.co.uk
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Job ref:
CP2794_1623333802
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Published:
almost 3 years ago
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Expiry date:
2021-09-08
Senior Buyer
Butler Ross has a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Buyer to join a Manufacturing company outside Peterborough. This role will be working on several bespoke projects, being the senior procurement team member. This role would involve mentoring duties and a mixture of strategic and operational procurement, and as this role will be working on bespoke projects, experience with engineering drawings would be advantageous.
This is a great opportunity to join a truly exciting company, who will have excellent progression opportunities, as well as being involved in some truly remarkable projects.
This role will be best suited for a Buyer, Technical Buyer, Project Buyer, Commercial Buyer, Engineering Buyer or Senior Buyer.
Role responsibilities of the Senior Buyer:
- Manage suppliers and commodities assessing commodity risk.
- Lead cost down initiatives including unit costs/process improvement, product quality improvements and lead-time reduction.
- Global sourcing and tendering.
- Setting up and maintaining supplier agreements and drafting contracts.
- Supplier management, conducting regular reviews and audits.
Person Specification of the Senior Buyer:
- Experience in Manufacturing environments
- ERP/MRP experience
- Experience with ISO9000, AS9100, ISO1348
- Kaizen, Six Sigma, 5S, PokeYoke, 8D, PCDA etc
Salary
Up to 40k
This role will be best suited for a Buyer, Technical Buyer, Project Buyer, Commercial Buyer, Engineering Buyer or Senior Buyer.