Senior Buyer

Title: Senior Buyer (6-month FTC)

Sector: Manufacturing

Location: Southampton / Hybrid

Salary & Package: £55,000 (pro-rata) + bonus + private healthcare + 25 days holiday and additional benefits

Sea Global are delighted to be partnering with a market leading business at the forefront of their industry who are looking for an experienced procurement professional to join their team on a 6-month FTC. It is a really exciting time to get involved in the business as they are looking for someone to come in and manage a range of direct commodities.

Reporting into the Director of Procurement, they will be responsible for leading and developing a range of categories, looking after the spend and championing procurement improvements and cost-savings initiatives.

They are ideally looking for someone that has end-to-end category management experience across a range of direct categories from a manufacturing or similar environment and will be able to hit the ground running from day one.

Please read on and get in touch for more details:

Role & Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic sourcing strategies across multiple different commodities.
• Build relationships with local and international suppliers, negotiating and ensuring deals align with business activities.
• Support and manage multiple projects from cradle to grave, driving strategy and communicating risks with the team & business.
• Develop and lead procurement process across sourcing and operational procurement processes.

Experience & Requirements

• Highly experienced within Direct Procurement in a Manufacturing environment.
• Comfortable working in an international market, demonstrating excellent supplier management skills.
• Can undertake work and projects on their own initiative.
• Ideally degree and/or MCIPS qualified (however, this is not at all essential)