Buyer

Location: Bristol (Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office)

About the role:

Our client, provide an end-to-end supply chain service delivering commodity and inventory savings. Due to continued growth, we are recruiting for a Buyer to work at their offices in North Bristol as part of a vibrant and dynamic team, committed to transforming procurement.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Capture and analyse data on the existing supply chain, the commercial markets and potential new entrants to the market.
• Conduct basic supplier assessment to ensure the suppliers proposed to Acquisition and Contract Management are of sound standing both commercially and financially.
• Responsible for creating document packs for their Categories in conjunction with all Stakeholders.
• Identify areas in which improvements could drive out cost.
• Implement continual improvement tasks with suppliers to implement best practises, best value and lower costs.
• Tracking and reporting progress against Cost Base Reduction (CBR).
• Identifying suppliers with the best capability to satisfy customer requirements.
• Assuring a disciplined approach for visibility of the right supplier performance metrics to optimise the support chain.
• Identify additional opportunities and actively develop mutually profitable relationships with suppliers
• Participate in every review of the Supplier Scorecards to nurture our supplier relationships.
• Support Strategic Supplier Negotiations.

Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience in a relevant Purchasing / Supply Chain environment.
• Ideally educated to HND / Degree Level or equivalent qualification in relevant subject, MCIPS qualified or working towards chartership. Professional and Ethical in Approach.
• Good Understanding of Supply Chain Management and Procurement, including Best Practice Purchasing and Sourcing Tools and Techniques.

The successful candidate will be required go through a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance.

Our client operates flexible start and finish times, have onsite car parking and have dress down and early finish on Friday's.