Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer required for contract role, working on a major engineering and defence project based in the SW of England. 

Candidates must have at least 10 years procurement and supply chain experience, and hold (or have previously held) security clearance.

Experience

•Understand the need to engage with senior management or specialist support as and when appropriate in order to report, obtain final authorisation of new suppliers from senior management, highlight and escalate issues.

•Will have an in-depth understanding of how Procurement and Supply Chain co-ordinates its efforts and resources with other functions to achieve shared objectives.

•In-depth understanding of the legal, regulatory and contractual requirements, and priorities and governance for area of responsibility.

•Understands the line of business’ strategy and priorities, to deliver procurement support that best meets them.

•Understands when and how matters should be formally escalated for wider awareness and input.

•Active listening, use of persuasion methods, use of tactics and influence to help generate positive outcomes.

Technical Skills/Knowledge

•Able to adapt approach to ensure decisions support an optimised business outcome, whilst considering stakeholder relationships.

•Able to communicate and influence across the immediate team and able to influence wider stakeholders and external suppliers.

•Able to deal with all scenarios when dealing with Procurement and Supply Chain activities.

•Contributes to group workshops and continuous improvement initiatives.

•Prioritising workload and communicating this to stakeholders when required.

•Accuracy and attention to detail essential.

•Comfortable with addressing poor performance and handling difficult people.

•A proactive approach to solving problems, guiding cross-functional stakeholders to make informed decisions based on risk and opportunity analysis, business acumen, knowledge, experience and total cost of acquisition principles.

•A focus on developing solutions to complex problems, actively contributing to the development of process improvements and efficiencies.

Full job spec available upon request. 

Job Details:

Location: Dorset.

3 days per week office based, 2 days remote - please contact us directly for exact details.

Rate: c. £500-550 per day (Limited Co - please note that role has been deemed to fall inside of IR15)

Start date: ASAP

Duration: Initial 12 months contract, with probability of renewal after that for the right candidate. 

Security clearance will be required.