At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage sourcing activities and develop supplier relationships to resolve issues.
- Company: Join Sandvik, a global leader in manufacturing and innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to support new product development and achieve cost reduction targets.
- Why this job: Make an impact in procurement while working with top-tier suppliers.
- Qualifications: 3 years in procurement, strong analytical skills, and ERP experience.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Vickerstock are working in partnership with Sandvik on the appointment of a Senior Buyer, a newly created full-time permanent position with a global employer.
The role is responsible for managing day-to-day commercial and sourcing activity, acting as the key escalation point for operational purchasing issues, leading RFQ and supplier quotation activity, and supporting new product development programmes.
- Support the Category Lead in the implementation of category strategies and supplier management plans.
- Act as the primary escalation point for category-related issues raised by the Operational Buying team.
- Develop effective supplier relationships to resolve commercial, supply, quality and delivery issues.
- Monitor supplier performance against agreed measures and support corrective and continuous improvement activity.
- Identify and escalate supply, commercial and supplier risks to the Category Lead.
- Support the Category Lead with the preparation, issue, evaluation and analysis of Requests for Quotation (RFQs).
- Analyse supplier quotations and develop sourcing recommendations based on total cost, quality, lead time, capacity and commercial risk.
- Maintain appropriate sourcing documentation and ensure procurement decisions are supported by robust commercial analysis.
- Manage procurement activity associated with NPI/NPD programmes, ensuring purchasing requirements are delivered in line with project milestones.
- Coordinate the sourcing and purchasing of prototype and sample parts with suppliers and the Operational Buying team.
- Ensure purchase orders for sample and development parts are placed in a timely manner and delivered against agreed project requirements.
- Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, specification optimisation, process improvement and commercial savings.
- Develop and maintain robust savings plans in support of agreed procurement targets.
- Support the Category Lead in achieving annual procurement and cost reduction targets.
- Maintain accurate supplier pricing, commercial and purchasing data within the ERP system.
- Ensure agreed pricing and commercial changes are implemented accurately and in a timely manner.
- Maintain data integrity to support purchasing, planning and wider business decision-making.
- Identify and resolve discrepancies in supplier pricing and commercial information.
3 years’ experience within a purchasing/procurement role within manufacturing.
Demonstrable experience managing RFQs, supplier quotations and commercial negotiations.
Experience working with ERP/MRP systems and managing commercial data.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to assess commercial and supply chain information effectively.
Degree qualified in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering or a related discipline preferred, or professionally qualified to an equivalent level.
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