Buyer (Direct)

• United Kingdom, East Midlands, Loughborough

Within Saint-Gobain Professional Services (part of Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland), we are looking for a Buyer to work in our Direct Procurement Team.

In a nutshell, you will deliver an excellent category management service for our business, enabling a safe, cost-effective, and sustainable supply.

This role can be worked on a hybrid basis based from East Leake; flexible working arrangements will be considered.

What we’re looking for:

1. MCIPS Chartered Procurement and Supply Professional or studying towards qualification
2. Degree level qualification or equivalent by experience
3. Good numerical and analytical skills with the ability to assimilate information
4. Good direct category management experience
5. Good communication and presentation skills, as well as the ability to solve problems
6. Ability to create and develop business relationships
7. Awareness of contract law and its application
8. Competence in negotiating, renewing, and structuring supplier contracts
9. Competence in cross-functional projects
10. Being able to make sense of and allocate different priorities

What you will be doing:

1. Implement Business Risk Analysis plans and actions for managed categories
2. Enable implementation of Group procurement strategy
3. Drive the identification and realization of opportunities for strategic categories of spend, whilst managing risks, within the supply chain to deliver optimal contractual, technical, and value-for-money solutions
4. Develop and sustain a way of understanding the key market drivers and trends to be fluent at comprehending the future market landscape and implications for procurement
5. Actively participate in cross-functional projects delivering risk reduction, innovation, and cost advantages in strategic categories of spend
6. Ensure compliance with the Group Sustainable Procurement Program (including but not limited to, Supplier Charter and CSR assessments)

If you match our criteria, we will be in touch to discuss your experience and more about you as a person. We look forward to hearing from you!