Senior Buyer

Leicester, Leicestershire
Cooper Edwards Ltd

For an impressive capital equipment manufacturer and market leader in Leicestershire, we are recruiting a Senior Buyer to underpin a growth agenda.

Main responsibilities:

• Reporting into the Operations Director and part of the Management Team, this is a key role in a small dynamic organisation, with overall responsibility for drawing up and delivering a sustainable procurement strategy (including inventory and logistics).
• Working closely with Design, Engineering and Production, the Senior Buyer will lead negotiations for all direct and indirect procurement in a heavily engineering biased context: suppliers selection, contracts and framework agreements negotiations, make vs. buy decisions.
• Leveraging the use of a new MRP system, you will put in strong processes to ensure procurement best practice enables on-time delivery.

The candidate profile:

• Ideally CIPS qualified, you have gained strategic procurement experience in manufacturing environments, putting structures and processes in an agile and fast-growing SME preferably, with a focus on quality and on time delivery.
• As a highly organised Senior Buyer, you have a natural ability to negotiate long-term deals and build the strongest possible supply chain.
• If without previous managerial experience, you will be keen to start managing and developing a small team.

If you are an experienced Buyer or Senior Buyer and you are ready to roll your sleeves up to play a leading part in the growth of an impressive business with unique technology, please send your CV and cover email highlighting your current package and motivation for applying to this position to our retained consultants at Cooper Edwards.