Strategic Buyer (NPP) – 37918

Pay Rate: up to £39.71/hr Ltd inside IR35 (PAYE option available)

Division: Purchasing

Contract Position based at Gaydon - Hybrid working with main site in Gaydon plus 1-day minimum at a stakeholder site (Solihull and West Midlands area)

Position Description:

Strategy Buyer - Non-Production Purchasing with overall responsibility and leadership for all Purchasing activities within specified categories, including the following responsibilities:

• Sourcing in line with Strategy Category Plan (SCP) through the Global Sourcing Process to the point of Contract / Purchase Order for their subcategories Lead continuous improvements in purchasing activities by supporting COE initiatives / activities for their respective subcategories
• Internal stakeholder alignment on strategy and sourcing, including key focus on regional inputs and regional deployment for their subcategories
• Global category strategy development and deployment to deliver company cost and quality targets through sourcing within the Global markets for their subcategories
• Supporting delivery team in supplier relationships through the Contract Management and Supplier Performance Management process for their subcategories
• SCP delivery, ensuring completion line with annual SCP targets for their subcategories
• Ensuring the SCP is kept up to date in line with the annual review target for their subcategories
• Ensuring analytics on suppliers, market and business requirements is available for their subcategories (Analytics will be provided by the Analyst function)
• Lead Stakeholder alignment in relation to strategy creation and implementation for their subcategory
• Ensure alignment with Regional Buying Colleagues to ensure strategic / tactical sourcing is in line with strategy for their subcategory
• Responsible for their subcategory delivery against savings targets
• Identify Make vs Buy and business justification when required and support analysis for their subcategory
• Supply chain risk management for their subcategory
• Ensuring regional buying teams are adhering to the subcategory strategy within the region.
• Engaging with specialist functions where required GPF, Risk, OGC
• Maintaining lead for supplier interaction

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of indirect procurement of goods and services
• Experience of negotiating terms and conditions
• Commercial awareness and negotiation skills
• Understand category management principles
• Strategic thinking
• Global business understanding and experience
• Relationship management - internal and external
• Category knowledge and demonstrated experience
• Flexibility and agility to be able to adjust to changing business needs
• An individual who is results driven, demonstrates, tenacity, drive and perseverance, with the ability to deliver in a complex, highly demanding environment

Experience Preferred:

• Experience of working in Procurement in Automotive or Manufacturing-based Industries is preferable (but is not mandatory)
• Having completed a sourcing project or a procurement process
• Experience with negotiating with suppliers on a regular basis
• Proven track record of achieving cost savings / reductions year on year
• Experience working with multiple internal stakeholders (i.e. Engineering, Logistics, Finance, etc.)

Education:

• MCIPS or working towards the qualification

Personal Profile – Essential Attributes:

• An individual able to deliver quality and consistency in a complex and highly demanding environment.
• A self-motivated individual who uses initiative and problem solver - focussed on delivering results.
• An individual with the capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium term planning
• Works well under pressure of conflicting priorities
• A strong communicator with the ability to understand and to communicate complex ideas
• An effective team player, actively develops and supports team members
• Proactive team player, who is happy to be hands on and work with a small team
• Proven track record of demonstrating logic and analytical thinking

Additional Information

** THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35 **

To apply for this role please send your CV to ellie.ebbage@jonlee.co.uk.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business.