I am recruiting on behalf of my client for a Strategic & Operational Buyer to join a well-established engineering and manufacturing organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced procurement professional who can balance both strategic sourcing and day-to-day purchasing activities while ensuring continuity of supply, strong supplier performance, and long-term commercial value across the business. The Strategic & Operational Buyer will play a key role in developing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring materials and components are available to support production requirements. The successful Strategic & Operational Buyer will work closely with engineering, production, quality, and logistics teams to maintain efficient procurement processes while delivering measurable cost savings and operational improvements. This Strategic & Operational Buyer position would suit someone with strong commercial awareness, negotiation skills, and a background in manufacturing or engineering environments who is comfortable managing both strategic procurement initiatives and operational purchasing responsibilities. In this Strategic & Operational Buyer role you will be responsible for: • Developing and implementing sourcing strategies for key procurement categories to optimise cost, quality, and delivery • Conducting supplier benchmarking, market analysis, and category spend reviews • L...