Senior Buyer - Engineering / manufacturing

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Senior Buyer - Engineering or manufacturingContract: six months minimumLocation: Hybrid 2 days Warwickshire 3 days from homeSalary: c£50-60,000 pro rata or day rate £250-300 per dayOur Client is managing its way through a significant change programme and requires additional procurement support. With this in mind they are seeking an interim Senior Buyer to move between strategic support and operational deliveryYou will work with Stakeholders to provide a comprehensive procurement service across a range of engineering and manufacturing goods and services which meets the needs of and delivers best value to the organisationSenior Buyer will work across defined high value spend (£100m) categories/supplier base.This role requires deep procurement knowledge and hold strong supplier management skills to leverage negotiations and manage enhanced supplier relationships.You will look after the more strategic, broader, and complex procurement requirements, managing portfolio of approx. £100m spend across the businessThe role:Provide input to the procurement strategy, leading strategic projects, driving down costs, leveraging value deliver (e.g. cost and risk management strategies, service levels, quality, continuous improvements), supporting the business, mitigating businessrisksProvide direction to Stakeholders, building excellent working relationships and partnerships, championing use of best practice. Developing relationships between internal stakeholders and suppliers, with good understanding of shared organisational objectivesPartner with internal stakeholders to identify sourcing opportunities, business requirements, buyer/market profiles, identify market trends, analyse total cost of ownership, and define acceptable service levelsLead competitive bidding processes with suppliers to ensure a fair and responsible procurement of services or goods according to companies best practicesNegotiate contracts and coordinate supplier integration plans with internal stakeholders on the largest and most significant procurement activitiesPartner with Procurement Excellence to monitor targets, market dynamics that impact materials/services availability and/or pricing, and organization behaviourEstablish a clear supplier relationship management process and, with the support of Procurement Excellence, monitor supplier performance metrics to ensure compliance with agreed contractual terms and conditions.Responsible for managing the spend of defined categories/supplier base and drive compliance to the Procurement policy.The person:Educated to at least Bachelor degree level and/or CIPS qualified with proven strategic procurement experience.Experience in buying for Operations or Engineering categories it is essential you have high value purchasing experienceThis person needs to be experience in negotiating contracts, using T&C templates, working with stakeholders in scope of works. Proactivity, experience, and confidence are key to hit the ground running.Experience in SAP/Ariba is a plus as they will go live with the system in 1 month.Skilled in delivery saving results through strategic sourcing with tangible and demonstrable successes achieved.Experience managing complex variety of procurement projects with value delivered beyond savings.Skilled Stakeholder, supplier, and risk management.Knowledgeable on implementing and tracking of KPIs.Analytical with good problem-solving ability.Strong commercial knowledge and experience in procurement processes, tenders, and contracts.Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, and communication skills to multiple levels of the organization with ability to influence stakeholders with clear, coherence and analytical storytelling.Experience managing own supplier performance, drive procurement strategy for the supplier base and promote continuous improvementsDevelop supplier relationships to deliver improvements for the business, in both cost and service levelTo apply please email your CV