Senior Strategic Buyer

Your new company

This is an excellent opportunity to join a developing procurement function and take commercial ownership of a portfolio of technically complex components. You will support supplier strategy, commercial performance, operational continuity and wider business growth.

Your new role

• Develop and deliver sourcing strategies across assigned commodity areas
• Lead commercial negotiations and contract management activities
• Manage and develop strategic supplier relationships
• Drive improvements across cost, quality and delivery
• Identify and manage commercial and supplier risks
• Support supplier selection, development and performance reviews
• Work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality teams
• Contribute to new product and business improvement projects
• Use market and supplier data to support commercial decisions
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement processes and performance

What you'll need to succeed

• You will have strategic procurement, category management or senior buying experience within a manufacturing, engineering or similarly technical environment.
• Experience developing sourcing or commodity strategies
• Strong commercial negotiation skills
• Strategic supplier and contract management experience...