Job Description
Your new company
A leading automotive manufacturing company in Preston is seeking an experienced procurement expert to join their fast-paced team as they continue to succeed and dominate their market.
Your new role
The Senior Buyer / Commodity Manager will play a pivotal role in managing procurement / sourcing activity in a high-value spend area, ensuring that optimal value for money is achieved and key stakeholder relationships are managed effectively, all the while ensuring that quality standards are maintained. The Senior Buyer / Commodity Manager will build key commercial relationships with suppliers, and you will also work with key internal stakeholders to ensure that Six Sigma projects are defined and implemented. As a Commodity Manager, you will devise and implement appropriate commodity strategies for the short, medium and long-term. Striving to deliver cost savings, you will lead on a number of cost-reduction projects across key areas of commodity expenditure.
What you'll need to succeed
- Procurement experience which has ideally been gained within an automotive manufacturing or engineering environment
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and management skills
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Confident at negotiation and influencing
- Ideally, you will be CIPS qualified or partially qualified
- Good ICT skills and able to pick up new systems quickly
- Self-motivated, flexible and team player with ability to meet deadlines effectively
What you'll get in return
- Competitive starting salary up to £55,000 depending on experience
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Competitive pension scheme
- Partially funded CIPS studies + paid study leave
- Ongoing personal development opportunities
- Tailored personal development plans 3 times per year
- Accrue additional annual leave with overtime
- Free on-site parking
- On-site chiropodist and physio
- Access to digital doctor 24/7
- PLUS SO MANY MORE PERKS!
What you need to do now
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