Buyer - united kingdom, lancaster, lancashire

senior buyer

an exciting opportunity has arisen in procurement team for a buyer/senior buyer to join our well-established engineering client, based in their head office in the south lakes. reporting to the sourcing manager you will play a key role in competitively managing supplier relationships and monitoring risk within the overall supply chain, to ensure that suppliers continually adhere to the our standards for supply and that we source the right materials and goods in a timely and cost-effective manner.

key responsibilities;

* manage supplier relationships to ensure their adherence to our standards for supply,

* evaluate health, safety and environmental, ethical and continuity management policies to ensure suppliers adhere to our expectations and all appropriate national or international standards,

* continually review your allocated group of suppliers and commodities in order to identify opportunities for savings and other commercial benefits,

* confidently negotiate with existing and new suppliers to achieve best total cost of ownership,

* monitor risk within the overall supply chain. identify and escalate supply issues in a timely and effective manner,

* take ownership of supplier quality problems,

* develop improvement plans with suppliers and internal stakeholders in order to overcome problems,

* identify and implement appropriate prevention procedures in response to known problems, and in anticipation of likely issues,

* maintain the procurement erp functions.

key requirements;

* level 2 qualification in procurement (cips) or business management or working towards this,

* professional with exposure to all aspects of sourcing activity and processes within operations and environments,

* experience of engineering and manufacturing capabilities,

* ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications,

* strong oral and written communication skills,

* ms office skills and experience of working with erp and mrp business integrated systems,

* quality focused to ensure compliance with iatf 16949 and iso9001 standards,

* ability to negotiate, with a high level of mental and visual attention to detail,

* challenge practices and adopt new ways of doing things

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