Description
Senior Buyer
6 months
Coventry
Purpose
The Senior Buyer is responsible for strategic procurement operations within the aligned business area(s). This will involve engaging and building strong and established working unions with partners to identify business needs, ensuring we understand the supply chains and developing and implementing effective sourcing strategies so we can offer the best solutions.
Key Accountabilities
- Input into the development and execution of sourcing strategy for allocated category and execute standardised strategic sourcing processes from market engagement through to award, ensuring goods/services are procured in an elite manner that drives value.
- Work with Contract Managers to ensure the successful delivery of contracted activities, identifying continuous improvement opportunities through engagement with suppliers and partners, and improving value for money from contracts awarded.
- Delivering value by effectively handling tender events for key products required by the business.
- Scope and develop regional contractual agreements that meet the customer partner requirements and expectations.
- Support the overall development and delivery of assigned category strategy and share standard methodology across other category teams (as appropriate).
Experience
- Direct and Indirect
Running a tender, contracts/sourcing, setting up frameworks
Ability to prepare for and to lead negotiations.
- NEC and Ariba desirable