Job description
A great opportunity has arisen for a Indirect Buyer to join an established Purchasing Team based in Fareham, Hampshire, for a client who are world leaders within marine electronics.
This role of Indirect Buyer is responsible for managing procurement of indirect goods and services across all sites worldwide.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities for the Indirect Buyer :
> Analyse spend data available from SAP and data warehouse and develop short and long term plans to bring strategic procurement best practices to the sourcing and management of this spend.
> Build relationships with managers responsible for the spend and identify how procurement can best support their needs.
> Drive the adoption of Ivalua e-procurement tools for indirect spend across the organisation
> Engage with stakeholders to facilitate sourcing and tendering processes, negotiate contract terms, on boarding of suppliers and supplier relationship management.
> Identify and delivery cost reductions and value for money improvement for indirect spend categories.
> Develop and implement processes for selecting, evaluating and approving new indirect suppliers
> Manage value improvement and service quality improvement activities
> Develop process for monitoring supplier performance and drive supplier continuous improvement
Job Qualifications for the Indirect Buyer :
> Experience working across a wide variety of indirect categories including those mentioned above.
> Brilliant communication skills to build rapport with necessary stakeholders to quickly identify and implement short and long term plans
> Analytically inclined and able to develop methods for anlaysing raw spend data to identify opportunities and drive supplier improvement
> Skilled at working with ERP systems and e-commerce- SAP and Ivalua experience an advantage
> Negotiation and relationship management
> Organised with a high attention to detail
The position has a comprehensive and challenging remit with career enhancement opportunities in a company that has continued to achieved year on year growth.
To apply for the position of Indirect Buyer in Fareham, Hampshire, please contact Tarah Williams at Redline Group on 01582 878821 or twilliams@redlinegroup.Com