Buyer - Category Specialist

Collaborates with the Category Manager, plants and suppliers to execute category strategies, assist with or and ensure all purchasing requisitions are submitted in line with corporate policies and procedures.

Client Details

A well established & global business within the manufacturing space.

Description

• Liaise with Plants, Suppliers and Stakeholders to drive implementation and compliance requirements
• Support strategic sourcing, contacting, category management, and SRM activities by collecting, analyzing, and managing data to provide actionable insights
• Reports monthly financial results using the reporting tool identified and helps address supplier performance issues.
• Persuades and influences internal customers to comply with purchasing policy, procedures and guidelines - including supporting project implementation activities
• Provides spend analysis reports and create insightful dashboards
• Performs data gathering and analysis related to sourcing and category management initiatives
• Prepare metrics and analysis for supplier scorecards and internal function management
• Ensures all purchasing requisitions are submitted in line with corporate policies and procedures
• Address and resolve escalated quality issues and supplier disputes
• Owns smaller spend pools; directly responsible for supplier engagement and management, supplier strategic and tactical decisions and defining productivity plans
• Conduct sourcing events for smaller spend categories
• Process Supplier Add requests and Supplier Change requests
• Targets suppliers for AP improvements
• Identify and manage risks in the supply chain
• Attend and represent Supply Management in Governance/Operation meetings as required

Profile

Required

• Proficiency in the use of Coupa (or similar S2P platform), Excel, Word, Power Point & Share Point
• Experience in procurement, purchasing & contract negotiations or supplier management.
• Experience and a strong aptitude for working with systems, tools and software applications
• Methodical and organised, taking ownership of detail, and with a strong ability to analyse data
• High level of interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail together with a high level of accuracy
• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 1-2 years of direct or related experience in purchasing & interacting with plants/customers

Desirable

• Experience working across time-zones and cultures
• Change Management experience
• Experience setting up and working with catalogues
• Knowledge of Engineering / Supply Chain /Finance
• CIPS qualified or close to completion

Job Offer

• Competitive salary
• Long term opportunity for development & progression
• Hybrid working (On completion of initial training period)