Job Description
Category Buyer – Job Summary:
We’re supporting our client, a leading global manufacturer based in Oxford, who are looking for a Category Buyer to join their growing team. The successful Category Buyer will have experience of and good knowledge of plastics, metals plus a broad range of componentry, alongside solid commercial and legal skills.
Salary: £35,000 – £49,000
Benefits: To be discussed at interview
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Oxford
Job Start date: ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Preparing and managing commodity plans to identify and deliver cost reduction opportunities, working capital benefits and supply chain improvements which improve product availability for our customers;
- Carrying out market research and vendor identification, appraising potential vendors to ensure suitability from commercial, quality and performance perspectives;
- Managing supplier relationships within a structured supplier development and performance management framework;
- Collaborating with multiple stakeholders across the company including product management, quality and commercial teams, whilst working closely with global Procurement colleagues; and
- Managing change, particularly around process improvement and supporting global product changes across multiple sites.
- Implement and manage robust strategic (1-3 year) commodity plans with all relevant stakeholders
- Gather relevant market intelligence to support the business with insightful commercial information
- Work with key stakeholders to define opportunities and deliver the benefits
- Apply a fact-based and insight-led approach to recommendations put forward to the business
- Execute value for money decision making through spend leverage, cost benchmarking and through the negotiation of favourable terms and fact-based recommendations
- Ensure and mitigate business risk across the commodity portfolio
- Support the NPI process and develop strong relationships with the relevant Product Manager
- Manages and develops the commodity area with an emphasis on continuous improvement
- Ensures adherence Procurement’s standards and policy
- Monitors supplier compliance with the company’s governance requirements
- Take responsibility for tracking both cost saving and price adjustment reporting against budget
- Coordinate, monitor and report on all data and pricing changes
- Apply a flexible and pragmatic approach to all tasks undertaken
- Actively promotes Procurement to the wider business to ensure leading practice is adopted, delivered and recognised
About You:
Essential
- Fluent English
- Industrial/ manufacturing experience
- Negotiation experience
- Strong presentation/ communication skills
- Sound commercial understanding
- Strong numeracy and analytic skills
- Customer service driven
- Task orientated with ability to own and complete complex tasks
Job Application:
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