Senior Indirect buyer

The Company
Our client is a global manufacturer with ambitious growth plans and is seeking an experienced procurement professional to join their expanding procurement team.

They will support 1 day per week home-working.

The Opportunity
The Senior Indirect Buyer will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the indirect procurement strategy across key categories including FM, maintenance and waste management. Working closely with global and local suppliers, the Senior Indirect Buyer will lead negotiations, drive cost reductions, and ensure alignment with functional requirements.

Key responsibilities:

• Analysing Indirect spend - developing and implementing category strategy
• Market research, conducting full tenders and analysis, resourcing/retendering, contract negotiation and award
• Supplier performance management and review meetings – implementing corrective actions and ensuring adherence to KPIs/SLAs
• Representing Purchasing at key internal meetings with Engineering, Production and Maintenance
• Building cross functional collaborative relationships internally and externally
• Scoping RFPs with key stakeholders
• Reviewing opportunities to implement group contracts with other plants

About You
The Senior Indirect Buyer will have/be:

• Proven strategic procurement track record across Indirects
• Previous negotiation experience essential - FM, Maintenance and Waste Management category experience beneficial but not essential
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills – confident to challenge both internally and externally
• Strong communication skills, adept at building relationships quickly
• Resilient and adaptable to changing priorities in a fast-paced working environment
• Proactive, assertive, confident decision maker with a hands-on, can do attitude – able to hit the ground running
• Diligent, efficient, strong prioritisation skills – able to deliver to deadline

If you are an experienced Indirect Buyer who thrives in high growth, dynamic working environments, please get in contact for further details asap!