Commodity Buyer
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Southampton
- Salary
- 30000.00 - 35000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 16 Jun 2021
- Closes
- 14 Jul 2021
- Sectors
- Procurement
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client in Southamton is experiencing rapid growth in all areas and as such is looking to increase the purchasing team with a commodity buyer.
Your main responisbilites will be to manage a portfolio of supplied materials and services in the form of a commodity for all premises. You will also be requireed to successfully manage and develop supply partners to meet Quality, Cost, Delivery and Technical support for the business.
General Requirements of the Role
• For the given commodity supply partners are legally and morally compliant and operate ethically at all times.
• Identify risk profiles and support risk mitigation where appropriate and communicate with stakeholders.
• Own and manage the commercial relationship with supply partners, ensuring commercial agreements are in place with strategic and preferred partners.
• Ensure materials and services are being purchased in line with business requirements at the lowest total cost of ownership through regularly running the RFQ process and supporting the make v buy analysis.
• Overall responsibility for the performance management of supply partners within the designated commodities, ensure SLA's are in place and quality and delivery expectations are being met.
• Working closely with the wider business, proposing and setting the strategic direction for the given commodity.
• Work with supply partners and the wider business to identify opportunities for improvements, support in the innovation, design and specification of materials.
• Provide market intelligent (innovation, trends, acquisitions, raw materials, exchange rates etc.) for the given commodity to support and aid business planning and decision making.
• Provide forecast spend for the given commodity
Other General Requirements
• To be the business focal point and subject expert for given commodities.
• Carry out regular business reviews and quality audits with supply partners.
• Responsible for maintaining the end to end material life cycle management, ensuring the system accurately represents the current status.
• Set-up / negotiate sale or return agreements for materials and supporting the excess stock disposal process.
• Responsible for the system accuracy and integrity of all the supplier and product information, such as cost price, lead time, MOQ's, Images, audits, contracts and agreements etc.
• Support the setting up of new materials ensuring all mandatory data is available and accessible.
• Able to work within defined commodity strategies and implement framework agreements
• Ability to build strong robust relationships
• Influence at all levels
• Experienced negotiator
• High levels of business acumen and commercial awareness
• Comfortable operating at booth strategic and tactical levels
• Ability to generate and interpret data views in support of commodity strategies and procurement decisions
• High levels of attention to detail
• Good computer skills
Desirable
• Experience of ERP & MRP
• Project Management
• CIPS
Experience in the marine industry is essential.
If this sounds like something you would be interested in then please apply or call Hollie on (phone number removed) for more info.
Marine Resources Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website
Your main responisbilites will be to manage a portfolio of supplied materials and services in the form of a commodity for all premises. You will also be requireed to successfully manage and develop supply partners to meet Quality, Cost, Delivery and Technical support for the business.
General Requirements of the Role
• For the given commodity supply partners are legally and morally compliant and operate ethically at all times.
• Identify risk profiles and support risk mitigation where appropriate and communicate with stakeholders.
• Own and manage the commercial relationship with supply partners, ensuring commercial agreements are in place with strategic and preferred partners.
• Ensure materials and services are being purchased in line with business requirements at the lowest total cost of ownership through regularly running the RFQ process and supporting the make v buy analysis.
• Overall responsibility for the performance management of supply partners within the designated commodities, ensure SLA's are in place and quality and delivery expectations are being met.
• Working closely with the wider business, proposing and setting the strategic direction for the given commodity.
• Work with supply partners and the wider business to identify opportunities for improvements, support in the innovation, design and specification of materials.
• Provide market intelligent (innovation, trends, acquisitions, raw materials, exchange rates etc.) for the given commodity to support and aid business planning and decision making.
• Provide forecast spend for the given commodity
Other General Requirements
• To be the business focal point and subject expert for given commodities.
• Carry out regular business reviews and quality audits with supply partners.
• Responsible for maintaining the end to end material life cycle management, ensuring the system accurately represents the current status.
• Set-up / negotiate sale or return agreements for materials and supporting the excess stock disposal process.
• Responsible for the system accuracy and integrity of all the supplier and product information, such as cost price, lead time, MOQ's, Images, audits, contracts and agreements etc.
• Support the setting up of new materials ensuring all mandatory data is available and accessible.
• Able to work within defined commodity strategies and implement framework agreements
• Ability to build strong robust relationships
• Influence at all levels
• Experienced negotiator
• High levels of business acumen and commercial awareness
• Comfortable operating at booth strategic and tactical levels
• Ability to generate and interpret data views in support of commodity strategies and procurement decisions
• High levels of attention to detail
• Good computer skills
Desirable
• Experience of ERP & MRP
• Project Management
• CIPS
Experience in the marine industry is essential.
If this sounds like something you would be interested in then please apply or call Hollie on (phone number removed) for more info.
Marine Resources Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent and fixed term contract recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Please note that by applying for this job you accept our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which can be found on our website