Buyer/Procurement Specialist
Salary: c.£50,000 plus car allowance, bonus and pension
Location: South Manchester (3 days in office)
Permanent role
Grafton Recruitment are working with a large award-winning engineering and construction focused corporate to recruit an experienced procurement professional.
We are looking to speak with candidates who have a background in tendering of materials, services, and 3rd party agreements, managing procurement projects, and in setting up framework agreements.
You will be joining a large and sophisticated function, with the opportunity to develop your procurement skillset and with the chance of promotion within the team. This is a successful and growing organisation that has won awards around how it services its customers.
Responsibilities:
* Developing and running tender processes
* Negotiating pricing and contractual terms
* Identifying and delivering cost savings, or cost avoidance
* Implementing and renewing framework agreements
* Managing and influencing internal stakeholders
* Managing supplier relationships and supplier performance, compliance and preventing supplier risk
* Sourcing potential new suppliers
Requirements:
* Previous procurement experience
* Demonstrable working knowledge of complex tendering process
* Delivering strong commercial agreements
* Project procurement involvement
* Strong interpersonal skills and strong analytical skills
* Full UK Drivers licence
For further details contact Adrian Harrison (Principal Consultant – Procurement Recruitment) adrian.harrison@grafton.com
Grafton Recruitment are part of the €3.5bn GI Recruitment Group, and we have specialisms in HR, sales & marketing, and procurement & supply chain.