Indirect Buyer

Indirect Buyer
Brackley
Up to £49K per annum

My client is seeking an Indirect Buyer to join the Purchasing department. The Indirect Buyer will be working with various stakeholders across the business to expand the scale and scope of indirect purchasing activities predominantly within Marketing and Events, maximising value for money and ensuring professional process and control of expenditure. You will:

• Lead Projects drive communications, manage multiple stakeholders and workflows to keep projects on time, on brand and on budget
• Provide key purchasing expertise to Marketing, Communications, Finance & Commercial stakeholder to optimise purchasing activities
• Prepare commercial specifications for requests and proposals with relevant stakeholders
• Oversee the end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met
• Request competitive quotations and negotiate best value with suppliers for a variety of indirect goods and services
• Produce and run sourcing exercises create purchasing recommendation documentation with respect to quality, suitability, delivery and pricing
• Responsible for awarding contracts and purchase orders with consensus from the respective stakeholders
• Recommend achievable changes to related company practices; interpret policies and procedures to stakeholders in their need to purchase goods and services
• Analyse current procurement activities and recommend improvement through more efficient procurement methods, quantity discounts, standardisation, value analysis and cooperative purchasing
• Prepare and maintain accurate records and documentation on all request for quotes, responses, purchases, contracts, correspondence and related follow up
• Regularly meet with stakeholders and suppliers to discuss the purchase of goods or services and determine best value approach
• Proactively liaise between suppliers and stakeholders to resolve purchasing supply issues, ensuring an accurate and timely provision of information and supply
• Expedite outstanding purchase orders to ensure delivery requirements are met
• Manage supplier performance to ensure cost, quality, delivery expectations are achieved and maintained
• Evaluate and monitor contracts to be sure that suppliers comply with the terms and conditions of the contract and to determine the need for relevant contract changes
• Coordinate and resolve contractual problems/queries with stakeholders and suppliers
• Ensure that all purchasing activity is compliant with the company’s policies and procedures
• Keep apprised of economic/business situations as they affect purchasing strategy; make recommendations to stakeholders to adequately meet those changing conditions
• Assist in resolving Accounts Payable invoice discrepancies and variances
• Accurately maintain the purchasing databases to a high standard
• Perform other related duties such as special assignments and annual major objectives as required

The ideal candidate will:

• Ideally have a minimum of 3 years’ experience within Indirect purchasing
• Have strong stakeholder management skills
• Ideally have previous knowledge of utilising SAP
• Be committed, motivated and self-disciplined in their work
• Be flexible in working hours and approach

Be able to work on their own initiative, with minimal supervision

Working hours are Working hours Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm.

Benefits include a fantastic working environment, parking on site, 25 days holiday, bonus, life assurance, subsidised canteen, pension and private medical cover.