Job Description
Are you looking to utilise your commercial buying experience into owning your own category? Do you thrive in a fast-pace dynamic procurement team? If so, we at GXO have an opportunity for you!
Join us as our Senior Commercial Buyer (Indirect), based in our central Procurement team in Northampton. You’ll have ownership of your own indirect category portfolio (circa £50m), leading the end to end procurement cycles, whilst building strong supplier partnerships as we continue to deliver high-quality performance. This is a full time, permanent position working Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:00. This is a hybrid opportunity (2 to 3 days per week), based in our head office in Northampton.
Pay, benefits and more:
We’re looking to offer a salary up to £50,000 per annum (dependent on level of experience), and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company car or car allowance of £505.00 per calendar month, a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!
What you’ll do on a typical day:
* Utilise your commercial buying experience within an indirect defined portfolio, managing circa £50m annual spend while ensuring compliance with company, legal, and industry standards
* Partner with technical, solutions, regional, and legal stakeholders to influence, optimise investment decisions, and drive preferred-supplier compliance
* Manage the full procurement lifecycle—market analysis, tendering, competitive bidding, negotiation, contracting, supplier performance, and delivery
* Build strong supplier relationships to ensure quality, innovation, reliability and efficency
* Maintain accurate procurement records and reporting, support ad-hoc business needs, and uphold all Health & Safety procedures in daily operations
What you need to succeed at GXO:
* Commercial savvy experience as a buyer, with aspirations to grow your own portfolio (beneficial to have multi-site 3PL or Logistics/Supply Chain environment experience)
* Proven ability to build and maintain strategic supplier partnerships, integrate ESG/sustainability principles into sourcing decisions, and drive innovation and resilience
* Highly skilled communicator with outstanding negotiation and presentation skills, strong influencing ability across all levels
* Strong organisational capability with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines consistently, and travel as required
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GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
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