Senior Buyer - Capex

I am currently working with a fantastic organisation based in Milton Keyens who are seeking to bring a Senior Buyer (Capex) on board. This role is offering a salary up to £60,000 with excellent progression opportunities.

Candidates who have experience as a procurement professional within the engineering or technical manufacturing background will be well suit for this role.

Role requirements of the Senior Buyer (Capex) include:

• Driving and ensuring suppliers are held accountable for meeting continuous improvement and productivity initiatives
• Negotiating new contracts from start to finish directly with suppliers
• Working with Engineering and Operations to identify and schedule procurement activities
• Implementing and managing procurement tendering activities, preparing tender documentation and participate in supplier and contractor negotiations
• Maintaining procurement program and progress report for all live projects and all relevant aspects to provide regular updates
• Working with Legal to identify which forms of contract to use for specific packages

Role specification of the Senior Buyer (Capex) includes.

• Minimum 4-5 years' experience as a Procurement professional
• Experience negotiating new contracts from start to finish directly with suppliers
• Ability to manage full tender process
• Experience in NEC specific contract & NEC sourcing
• Mobility & flexibility to travel across UK sites every week

Salary

£50k-£60k

This role requires regular travel, please see the work schedule below:

• Monday- Milton Keynes site
• Tuesday- Working from home
• Wednesday & Thursday- Onsite (potential overnight stay) the sites are located in Cumbria, Barrow in Furness, Wakefield, Rotherham and London- all travel and hotels expensed
• Friday- Working from home

This role will be well suited if you have held a position within procurement/purchasing as a Senior Buyer, Buyer, Procurement Specialist, Purchasing Specialist, Lead Buyer, Procurement Lead, Purchasing Manager, Procurement Manager, Category specialist, Commodity Specialist, Category Manager and Commodity Manager.