Successful market-leader requires an Indirect Buyer. Applicants need experience of tendering, negotiating and ideally indirect procurement, or a willingness to manage these spend areas.
The Buyer - Indirect will join a procurement team of Buyers and Senior Buyers with responsibility for managing the tender process, cradle-to-grave. This is very much a generalist indirect procurement role with services such as; facilities, vending, stationary, office furniture, PPE, uniforms, fleet, transport and capex/machinery falling within scope. The organisation is on an exciting growth trajectory and the Buyer - Indirect will be able to play a significant role in supporting management and optimizing procurement efficiencies, to keep pace with the business change.
Specific duties of the Buyer - Indirect include:
* Supply market intelligence activities across indirect spend areas
* Stakeholder liaison across; facilities, logistics, HR etc. to understand requirements from the supply chain
* Ownership of the tendering process for indirect spend areas, cradle-to-grave including contract award
* Supplier relationship management - collaborate closely with key suppliers; KPIs, reviews, collaboration etc
* Spot negotiation activity
* Identify and seek to mitigate supply chain risk
* Support Procurement Management in the development of broader sourcing and category strategies
Buyer - Indirect ap...