Technical Buyer
- Recruiter
- Anonymous
- Location
- Stroud
- Salary
- 25.00 - 30.00 GBP Hourly
- Posted
- 09 Feb 2017
- Closes
- 09 Mar 2017
- Sectors
- Procurement
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Technical Buyer urgently required for our client who are an established engineering company based in the Gloucestershire area.
Technical Buyer Responsibilities
- Responsible for ensuring prices negotiated with approved suppliers are consistent and are as competitive as previously supplied development and integration of supply agreements.
- Working with accounting departments to ensure payments on time for the purchased items.
- Develop and implement effective sourcing strategies to achieve excellent support on delivery and order fulfilment, achieve maximization, fulfil customer expectations on products / services coverage perspective and promote Group image on sourcing capability.
- Instigate, support, advise and develop procurement tools and applications, that strengthen the procurement process for the team and department as a whole.
- Take a holistic category management approach to spend categories, being responsible for the amount of suppliers used, price, delivery performance, quality and responsiveness. Manage business risk to supply.
- Develop supplier base and partnerships to create a reliable and long-term source of supply.
- Sourcing and forming strategic supply base management and handling activities such as financial management and issue resolution.
- Lead negotiation activities to drive and realise continuous performance improvement.
- Alignment of supplier agreements with business performance and cost objectives.
Preferred Knowledge/Experience
- Technical Buying experience within Engineering/ Manufacturing environment
- Degree or equivalent in Procurement, Engineering or Business - (Desirable but not essential)
- Member of Global Procurement Institute - CIPS or ISM - (Desirable but not essential)
- Assessment, development & management of suppliers
- Competitive Purchasing / Tendering
- Legal aspects & contracting
- Contract management
- Negotiation, Decision making, Analytical skills, Communication, Teamwork skills are an absolute must
Technical Buyer Responsibilities
- Responsible for ensuring prices negotiated with approved suppliers are consistent and are as competitive as previously supplied development and integration of supply agreements.
- Working with accounting departments to ensure payments on time for the purchased items.
- Develop and implement effective sourcing strategies to achieve excellent support on delivery and order fulfilment, achieve maximization, fulfil customer expectations on products / services coverage perspective and promote Group image on sourcing capability.
- Instigate, support, advise and develop procurement tools and applications, that strengthen the procurement process for the team and department as a whole.
- Take a holistic category management approach to spend categories, being responsible for the amount of suppliers used, price, delivery performance, quality and responsiveness. Manage business risk to supply.
- Develop supplier base and partnerships to create a reliable and long-term source of supply.
- Sourcing and forming strategic supply base management and handling activities such as financial management and issue resolution.
- Lead negotiation activities to drive and realise continuous performance improvement.
- Alignment of supplier agreements with business performance and cost objectives.
Preferred Knowledge/Experience
- Technical Buying experience within Engineering/ Manufacturing environment
- Degree or equivalent in Procurement, Engineering or Business - (Desirable but not essential)
- Member of Global Procurement Institute - CIPS or ISM - (Desirable but not essential)
- Assessment, development & management of suppliers
- Competitive Purchasing / Tendering
- Legal aspects & contracting
- Contract management
- Negotiation, Decision making, Analytical skills, Communication, Teamwork skills are an absolute must