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Senior Buyer

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Job Description - Senior Buyer

Job Title: Senior Buyer

Location: Remote

Contract: 6 Months

Hours: 37.5 hours

Rates: £25 -27 per hour

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Ensure the company requirements for Energy category are fulfilled with focus on quality, service, and total cost of ownership, consistent with the needs of our internal business partners, the opportunities presented by the market, and meeting our short and long-term requirements.
    * Operate as contracts specialist and programs owner as well as support other functions with market data and supplier costs calculations, ensuring Procurement compliance and deployment of Category Strategy goals.
    * Manage communications between suppliers and manufacturing locations to ensure business needs are met on an ongoing basis and ensure adherence of supplier to service level agreements (SLA's).
    * Work side by side with suppliers and stakeholders to build stronger market insights and better understanding of relevant Energy Government Aids to provide business partners with knowledge to make the right business decisions.
    * Act as controller and subject matter expert for supplier cost calculation methodologies and drive consumption improvement by working closely with the mills and suppliers by applying strong Supplier Relationship Management (SRM).
    * Provide active support for Energy Sustainability Projects
    * Operate with an E2E Supply Chain / Business mindset to ensure service continuity, continuous improvement and maximised value delivery to enhance brand equity and ultimately improve company's level of profitability
    * Ensure that internal control requirements are met in an efficient and effective manner
    * Develop and maintain expertise on vendor selection, relationships, and negotiation

Experience and Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and relevant Procurement experience required
    * Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate and build collaborative relationships in a complex, multicultural organisation
    * Excellent data analysis skills
    * Proven negotiation and commercial skills

Desirable qualifications and experience:
* Relevant experience in Energy Sustainability and Contracts management would be highly advantageous
* Experienced and capable influencer of peers and senior managers
* Ability to demonstrate an understanding of CI end to end process thinking
* Presentation skills

Languages
English fluency, other language/s desirable.

Travel
There are some travel expectations with the role as supply and business partners are located across the region. All travel is planned in advance.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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