Senior Category Buyer

Job title: Senior Category Buyer

Location: Warwick/Hybrid

Duration: 6 months initially

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The role:

Working as a Senior Category Buyer you will be responsible for leading complex, high value Strategic Sourcing Events that bring this new critical grid infrastructure to market. This will involve engaging and building strong working relationships with stakeholders and supply chain partners to execute our sourcing strategies and drive capital efficiencies as you take critical asset construction schemes to market, using your Procurement skill set, commercial acumen and negotiating experience to deliver value for our end consumers.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver multiple strategic sourcing events, collaborating with stakeholders to understand demand and provide optimal commercial solutions.
• Support the development and delivery of assigned category strategies while sharing best practices across category teams.
• Profile category characteristics and research supply markets to assess trends, opportunities, and risks, providing insights to global teams.
• Manage tender events for key projects, ensuring effective delivery and value generation.
• Collaborate with Contract Managers and Procurement Programme Managers to enhance contract delivery and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Support supplier relationship meetings to leverage critical partnerships in innovation, resilience, and value creation to drive the success of category strategies
• Mentor and guide Buyers and Associate Buyers to uphold excellence in procurement standards and methodologies.
• Contribute to forward planning by identifying future requirements and implementing robust forecasting to maximize value.

Requirements:

• Understanding of Procurement Act 2023
• Qualification: MCIPS Qualified or working towards is preferred.
• Practical Experience: Supported the development and delivery of category or sourcing strategies in engineering, infrastructure, and construction sectors, managing multiple end-to-end strategic sourcing events compliantly.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Confidently communicates and builds strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels to identify and influence business needs.
• Project Management Skills: Effective in project management, time management, and organizational skills to keep tenders on track and ensure timely contract awards.
• Data Analysis: Capable of collating and organizing data, analysing commercial issues and opportunities during and pre-tender, providing insights for cost and contract modelling.
• Problem Solving: Navigates complex organizations effectively and demonstrates strong problem-solving abilities.
• Proactive Attitude: Exhibits a positive attitude and a desire to learn, embodying values of finding better ways, doing the right thing, and making things happen.
• Passion for Sustainability: Committed to enabling an affordable net zero and motivated to make a difference.
• Commercial Acumen: High degree of commercial acumen with demonstrable negotiation skills and a proven ability to identify opportunities that drive value and realize benefits.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.

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