Buyer
Barnsley
£ 38000/annum
Sue Ross Recruitment are working with a leading, national utilities management company in the recruitment of a Buyer.
In this role you will be responsible for the development, management and performance of Suppliers including the identification of further opportunities for the businesses, including OPEX and Capital Programme expenditure, enabling out client to achieve business targets and objectives.
Key duties:
* Provide a high degree of customer service to internal stakeholders and colleagues
* To produce Supplier Spend Reports and undertake effective analysis to identify improvement opportunities and Vendor base gaps
* Manage the supplier onboarding process
* Research and promote Procurement best practice
* Benchmark our performance with leading edge Organisations including obtaining market intelligence regarding key spend areas
* Develop and implement improvement plans
* Support with the negotiation, implementation and management of Supplier Frameworks and contracts – aligned to Business requirements
* Conduct Commercial negotiations
* Support the Lead Buyer with delivery of NEC ECC contracts to support the Capital programme
* Identify and implement supply chain improvement initiatives including supplier development, alternative sourcing strategies and alternative ways of working
* Support the Lead Buyer in management, and mitigation of risk in Supplier arrangements
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