Senior Buyer

Job Description

Salary: Up to £48,000 depending on experience
Location: New Mills, GL12 8JR (Global HQ)

Renishaw is a leader in delivering high accuracy metrology solutions to industrial, medical, and scientific processes around the world. As part of the Group Manufacturing Services Division (GMSD), the Procurement Department is regularly presented with new and exciting requirements.

An opportunity has arisen to join us as a Senior Buyer supporting corporate demand for indirect goods and services required to run a large multi-site R&D/manufacturing/commercial organisation. We are looking for a commercially savvy, enthusiastic, and driven individual to deliver a diverse portfolio of categories on time, to the highest quality and the best value. In this role, you’ll take pride operating within a culture that is supportive and encourages questions. You’ll thrive on opportunity and excel in an ever-changing, dynamic and challenging environment. The successful applicant will be self-motivated, with a positive attitude and outlook, high degree of accuracy, attention to detail and excellent communication skills.

The candidate will be part of a team primarily based at Head Office in our Wotton-under-Edge site in Gloucestershire (GL12 8JR), with opportunities to be involved with a wide range of products, commodities, and suppliers from around the world.

The successful candidate will have options for hybrid working, where you will be required to come into Head Office at our Wotton-under-Edge site in Gloucestershire but also can work from home as agreed. We also have a variable working pattern in place, where you can work a 4.5-day week and have a half day on a Friday.

Responsibilities

1. Collaborating with the wider Procurement Group to develop efficient purchasing techniques & encourage best practice
2. Effective management and control of supplier and stakeholder relationships both internally and externally
3. Commercially focused negotiation with suppliers to ensure cost management targets are realised
4. Responsible for the creation, implementation and management of Supplier Contracts
5. Delivering cost reduction opportunities whilst negotiating terms and conditions to achieve best price and quality
6. Identifying risks and providing support to implement solutions to manage/mitigate them
7. Delivering key projects as part of a cross-functional team, representing the commercial needs of the business

Role Requirements

1. Experience of managing, driving, and developing supplier and stakeholder relationships
2. Able to demonstrate a successful track record in negotiation with suppliers to meet organisational targets
3. Experience of purchasing across a variety of categories, including but not limited to Capital equipment, hardware/software, maintenance & support services
4. Understanding of the various approaches and strategies to commodity purchasing, working in line with functional requirements to meet departmental objectives and KPIs
5. Able to demonstrate a high standard of ethics and integrity within a challenging environment
6. Able to demonstrate proficient IT skills (Microsoft Office etc.)
7. CIPS qualification or relevant STEM/Business Degree would be advantageous, but not essential
8. Enthusiastic, self-driven, determined, persuasive and thorough in approach and capable of working independently and in a team environment

Person Specification

As the successful applicant for this position, you'll be a cultural and strategic thinker, who’s resolute in owning, identifying, reporting, and creatively resolving gaps in supply. You’ll be comfortable influencing people and come with the knowledge and experience to operate effectively in ever-changing markets. You’ll be able to question the norm and implement change to see Renishaw achieve our organisational and strategic objectives. You’ll have an eye for detail, be a confident communicator and someone who can convey complex information in a simple way. You’ll also thrive on building strong relationships with key stakeholders to influence decision making.

This role is being advertised at a Senior Buyer level. If the advert piques your interest but you feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we will still encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, subsidised onsite restaurants and coffee shops, free parking, car sharing scheme and 24 hour fitness centres (not available at our Castle Donington, Exeter, York & Edinburgh sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement. If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com.

Employment Type: Permanent

Time Type: Full time

Requisition Number: R7199 Senior Buyer (Open)