Indirect Buyer

Theo James Recruitment

The Company:

This is an exciting opportunity as a Indirect Buyer to be part of one of the North East s highest profile manufacturing plants as we are expanding our operations at our battery manufacturing plant in Sunderland. We are looking to build on our Procurement team to support current production as well as the development and operation of a world-class and innovative mass manufacturing Gigafactory. This is a unique opportunity to join one of the most exciting, large-scale industrial developments in many years, where new and emerging technologies will be adopted in support of the rapidly growing electric vehicle marketplace.

Benefits:

• 26 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Life assurance.
• Further training and development opportunities.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Holiday purchase and buy back scheme.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong connections with Global Purchasing to identify strategies and to develop suppliers both globally and locally.
• Gather Market Intelligence, identify major categories, analyse current spend & develop an optimal Indirect Strategy Plan
• Deliver the strategy through supplier relationships & multiple projects (CAPEX, Service, Energy, Maintenance, T&L contracts)
• Focus on & deliver strategic proactive tenders for the identified Indirect approved suppliers & purchase spend.
• Lead negotiations, supplier selection & align functional requirements i.e. cost challenges -15%, warranty, payment terms etc.
• Increase control & management of Service Contracts e.g. best practice and avoid termination penalties; YOY cost reductions.
• Work with Indirect Purchasing Manager & internal functions to establish QCD targets, objectives and deliver against targets KPIs.
• Ensure day to day issues are managed with relevant plant personnel resulting in improved quality/logistical performance.
• Provide support to Purchasing Officer for continuous improvements in supplier quality & OTIF for indirect parts.
• When required manage release of Indirect Purchase Orders from SAP system.

Experience and skills:

• You will ideally be educated to degree level and currently be working within an indirect Purchasing role within a manufacturing environment and will have built up experience of at least 5 years of supplier engagement, negotiation, and cost reduction.
• Strong leader to influence, be able to work to tight deadlines, have a good sense of priority and have previous negotiation experience.
• Excellent communication skills are crucial to this role, as is the ability to build relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• You should possess strong industrial awareness by investigating new supply markets to assess existing and new supplier capabilities to further strength cost reductions and supply rationalization.
• You must hold a full driving license.

Additional:

• Some degree of travel may be required.
• CIPS or MCIPS is a requirement for this role.