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Procurement Buyer

Employer
Talent Drive
Location
Devon
Salary
£25k- £30k per annum + 25 days holiday + flexible working + great benefits
Closing date
1 Apr 2021

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Specialist Area
Procurement
Job Level
Buyer
Sector
Manufacturing
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Overview:

If you were a Procurement Professional- where would you next want to work? A business who are growing and investing in Procurement sound interesting? How about a Procurement role where you have the chance to work with some of the most high spec materials in the world? Well this Procurement Buyer role based down on the beautiful coastline of Devon has all of this and a lot more!!

Talent Drive is very pleased to bring to market a greenfield opportunity within an ambitious, growing business. Your role as a Procurement Buyer would be to support the Head Of Procurement in setting the Indirects Procurement agenda and executing this to the business who are keen for Procurement to add more value to the business and explore innovative ways of consolidating its supplier base and adding strategic value to this global company.

This role will see you report to the Head of Procurement and has some genuine learning and development opportunities to boost you and your career in the future.

What the role involves:

As a Procurement Buyer, you will be responsible for supporting on projects across various Indirect services and identify opportunities for consolidating spend and undertaking tendering and contract management opportunities for a wide range of requirements
Ensuring category spend is managed effectively and to drive quality and cost savings for the organisation as they continue to grow.
Manage a new supplier on boarding and contract performance management programme to include SLA and KPI implementation.
Ensure procurement support is provided to other improvement projects across the business.

The person we hope to find:

Strong end to end procurement sourcing and category management experience across either Indirect or Direct spend
Excellent communication skills and able to work with all levels of management and stakeholders
Good analytical and problem-solving skills
Well organised, process and team-oriented with the ability to prioritise quickly
Highly motivated self-starter: ability to initiate and manage work with minimal supervision
Commercially aware and financially astute

Salary and Benefits:

£25,000 – £30,000 + pension + 25 days holiday + other flexible benefits

If you are a Procurement Buyer with a background across either Direct spend or Indirect spend and are looking to join a business with a leadership team that can help support your growth and development within Procurement or even if you’re simply looking for a new challenge within an interesting organisation – then this could be a great role for you.

Company

Talent Drive was born of a vision to help both large and SME organisations find the most talented and driven Supply Chain and Procurement Professionals.

‘Delivering with Impact’ is the mantra we work by, epitomising our sole focus; sourcing the best talent quickly, and effectively. 

We believe this can only be achieved by collaborating fully with your organisation and truly understanding what it takes to fit both culturally and professionally into your team, ensuring maximum impact upon arrival. We want to be able to act as an ambassador of your brand and become an extension of your HR or recruitment function. This way, we can talk with passion about your brand as if it were our own to ensure we attract and deliver the talent you need.

Specialising solely in Supply Chain and Procurement recruitment, Talent Drive was founded by Martin Smith – a recruitment expert with over a decade of in-house and agency experience hiring Supply Chain and Procurement professionals across the UK and Europe. Martin’s extensive experience has created the foundation upon which Talent Drive was built, which is why we are unique in the way we collaborate fully with all decision makers in a recruitment process, it is a benefit we recognise for both us and you. 

Talent Drive is not just about transacting with an organisation on a vacancy requirement. We endeavour to build long lasting, rewarding partnerships with organisations and the real barometer of success for us is being our candidates and clients first call when they need recruitment support.

Company info
Telephone
01202 976132
Location
8a Parr Street
Poole
Dorset
BH14 0JY
United Kingdom

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