Senior Buyer / Project Buyer

Senior Buyer / Project Buyer (12 month+ FTC)

A global health care organisation now has a need for a Senior / Project Buyer to join the Procurement Team.

Applicants need project, or high-level operational purchasing experience, preferably from a manufacturing background.

Job description

Working closely with a team of Buyers and Category Managers, the Project Buyer will run project focused procurement activities mainly within the Facilities and Cap ex categories. The business is looking for an aspirational procurement professional, with outstanding stakeholder management skills.

Specific duties of the Project Buyer include:

• Support project procurement and day-to-day operational purchasing tasks
• Develop supply chain relationships in conjunction with the Category Manager
• Stakeholder engagement with Project Managers
• Drive continuous improvement from the supplier base and deliver cost reductions
• Manage suppliers via KPIs
• Contribute to an atmosphere of change and process improvement

Skills & Experience:

• Previous procurement experience within a project focused, engineering, pharmaceutical or manufacturing business
• Comfortable with a blend of operational, project and strategic procurement activities
• Experience with working with multiple internal stakeholders across Engineering and Project Management
• Familiarity with ERP or MRP
• Degree, CIPS or part-CIPS qualified is preferred

Interested, please contact Graeme at Vibe Recruit on (phone number removed) or apply immediately

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