We are moved by what moves people, by what moves the world and in our ever-growing cities. Through honesty, transparency, and a commitment to colleagues and clients, they foster a culture of entrepreneurship, passion, and responsibility. With unique engineering expertise, we provide comprehensive support for urban mobility, ensuring safety and efficiency in vertical transportation throughout the lifecycle.
We are looking for a passionate Senior Buyer to join our head office Procurement team, who will report to our Head of Procurement & Supply Management. This role will primarily be responsible for supporting the business to drive cost effectivity, manage sourcing initiatives and ensuring through our procurement activity the Company's operational needs and compliance requirements are met, paying particular attention to price, risk, quality, delivery and TK Elevators procurement practices and governance.
As a Senior Buyer, your day to day will include:
- Support the Head of Procurement in the delivery of agreed strategic objectives in line with the business requirements and procurement strategy.
- Ensure continuous supply of required goods, materials, components, and services and ensure any supply chain risks that may impact the operation are communicated to the Head of Procurement.
- Monitor market trends, and the supplier market to identify alternative sources of supply.
- Maintain a high standard of Procurement Practice employing academic rigour in sourcing projects where necessary.
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and team members
- Analyse suppliers spend data regularly to identify cost saving opportunities and efficiencies that contribute to the savings plan.
- Undertake in full any sourcing initiative on behalf of TK Elevator and manage them in line with Procurement Policy.
- To work within the application of Cluster/Category Strategies and utilization of framework contracts / preferred suppliers where applicable.
- Utilize standard TK Elevator OU processes to enable efficient and effective purchasing. Support Cluster/Category Management, Materials Management and Procurement
- Build and maintain supplier relationships.
- Undertake the necessary due diligence on prospective vendors/subcontractors and manage the on-boarding process ensuring adherence to Procurement Policies and Procedures.
- Undertake financial analysis on all new and business critical suppliers/subcontractors to TKE.
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Senior Buyer, ideally in a relevant industry
- MCIPS qualified or work towards
- A strong understanding of procurement practices and processes
- Good negotiation experience in complex commodities / projects
- Good attention to detail, analytical and able to follow procedures
- Strong skills using MS Office, databases, and eProcurement systems
- Consistently works to deadlines
- Strong organisational and people skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Highly motivated, reliable and hardworking
- Outstanding communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Benefits
- Competitive salary paid on a monthly basis
- 34 days holiday, inclusive of bank holidays
- Attractive company pension scheme
- Health cash plan provided, allows you to claim towards health costs. For example, dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and more.
- Life Assurance Scheme - 4x annual salary
- Free access to premium health and wellbeing apps
- Subsidised gym membership
- Industry-leading enhanced maternity and paternity provision
- Multiple salary sacrifice benefits including Electric Cars and Cycle2Work
- Long Service award scheme, with holiday benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Refer a friend scheme