Senior Buyer

Are you an experienced Senior Buyer with strong negotiation skills? Do you have 'finished products' buying expertise gained within the automotive industry?

Major Recruitment are working in partnership with Polytec, a leading automotive manufacturer, to recruit a Senior Buyer on a permanent basis to join their team based at one of our sites in Bridgnorth.

As a Senior Buyer, you will hold responsibility and accountability for the purchase of goods, materials, and services to ensure that the company's operational needs are met, considering price, quality, and delivery, and to ensure continuity of supply.

Key duties of a Senior Buyer:

• Create and review opportunities to implement best practice purchasing policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve business performance and deliver best value and business savings.
• Ensure purchasing policy, guidelines, and any associated documents are in place and updated when required, including any alignment required to group policy.
• Utilise appropriate resources including Supplier Development to ensure appropriate supplier partnerships and delivery of sourced products.
• Provide management reports and key performance data and monitor cost savings.
• Manage relationships with suppliers and select and develop new suppliers.
• Review and negotiate existing agreements to optimise commercial terms.
• Work with suppliers and have a process in place to measure effective performance, quality, and compliance.

Skills required as a Senior Buyer:

• Non Prod/Capex knowledge and experience - mandatory
• MCIPS - desirable
• SAP Purchasing Experience
• Competent Microsoft User - advanced Excel - desirable
• Self-starter
• Resilient and looking for a fresh new challenge