Senior Category Buyer – Maternity Cover
Gravesend
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as our Senior Category Buyer, based at our European Head office in Gravesend, Kent.Joining us on a Fixed Term Basis, (Monday – Friday 8.30 – 5.30pm) with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office, you will receive a competitive salary.
Moove is a leading provider of automotive lubricants, oils, and chemicals throughout the UK, Europe, and Asia. We are part of Cosan a Global provider of Energy and Logistics. At our European Head office, we have 200 employees and over 26 different languages spoken. This is a high energy, fast evolving environment. If you love innovation and embrace change, we are the company for you.
We are looking for a results driven Procurement professional to support Moove's growth and significant value generation through strategic sourcing initiatives, continuous aggressive cost savings activities and strengthen supplier relationships across direct categories.
Responsibilities as our Senior Category Buyer are to:
* Lead cost reduction initiatives and continuous improvement projects by identifying and implementing savings opportunities across indirect, direct, and third-party subcontractor spend
* Recommend, implement, and monitor procurement strategies that create value and efficiency.
* Drive for improved Supplier Payment terms
* Experience with supplier NDA's and Supplier agreements.
* Understanding of CLP and Supplier compliance
* Collaborate with Quality and Operations teams to support supplier audits to maintain certifications in environmental and quality compliance.
* Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to improve supply chain planning and performance both internally and externally.
* Undertake supplier reviews and Supplier Risk assessments and Risk management
* Ensure robust sourcing strategies across direct and indirect procurement categories
Essential Skills required of our Senior Category Buyer:
* Strong procurement background, ideally from a Lubricants industry (Lubricant, Additive or Base Oil Manufacturers) or industries such as Chemicals, Energy, general Manufacturing, Pharma
* Proven negotiation skills and experience establishing supplier agreements.
* Familiarity with ISO 9001 standards and quality/audit processes.
* Familiarity in dealing with supplier agreements and NDA's
* Strong understanding of supply chain planning.
* Proficiency in SAP (S/4HANA preferred).
* Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and project delivery experience.
* Excellent communication skills and ability to work under pressure.
* Highly organised, analytical and results-driven.
* MIP, CIPS or Supply Chain related degree
* Track record of delivering improvements through structured processes and governance.
* Experience leading transformations in manufacturing environments.
* Up-to-date knowledge of continuous improvement tools (Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)
* Experience with Budgets
* Able to solve problems and have a can do attitude
Desirable Skills
* Experience with Operations in the Lubricants industry (Lubricant, Additive or Base Oil Manufacturers) will be seen as a strong benefit (however, it is not essential and we may explore fit with people that have experience in other industries such as Chemicals, Energy, general Manufacturing, Pharma, etc.)
* Knowledge of S&OP and Production Planning.
* Knowledge within distribution/import export and compliance across various countries.
* Experience in implementing solutions to develop and achieve sustainability goals
* Science or Business Degree
* A sound understanding of commercial and business fundamentals and drivers of the wider lubricants business
* Proficient in Microsoft Power BI
* Languages: French and Spanish
In return for joining us as our Senior Category Buyer you will receive:
* Competitive Salary
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays annually (pro-rata)
* Contributory pension scheme (company match up to 7%)
* Medicash EAP ad Perks
* Free Parking
Interested in becoming a Moover? Join us as our Senior Category Buyer and be part of a global organisation who truly value their employees, encourage development and progression. If yes, apply today, we'd love to hear from you
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