Senior Buyer

Cheslyn Hay, United Kingdom Posted on 02/20/2026

25 days Annual leave, plus BH's and 1 additional day tocelebrate birthday.

TheSenior Buyer role will be responsible for the management of newtenders through our supply chain from enquiry to production order launch. The seniorbuyer position requires a detail orientated professional, who possessesexcellent communication and relationship building skills, coupled with theability to work under a somewhat time pressured environment to satisfyproduction demands. The role requires the ability to influence buying decisionsat the front end of the process to guarantee preferred terms with regards toquality, cost and delivery that will directly feed into PP's Procurementstrategy and the departments SQCDP targets and provide PP with the best chanceof securing new business opportunities

Performance Targets

• Reduction in new vendor setup
• RFQ Deadline accuracy
• Manage Supplier delivery performance min 99% OTIF adherence

Key Responsibilities Communication.

• Build and maintain supplier relationships, providing clearcommunication on day to day procurement activities.
• Work with suppliers when reviewing tenders to ensure correctinformation is sent and best solution provided upon tendering
• Liaise with wider PP team when making supplier selectiondecisions
• Be clear and concise when reviewing tenders withProcurement/Commercial and have the ability to offer multiple business cases tooffer the customer the best supply chain solution to meet their needs
• Ability to liaise with PP customers as applicable when makingsupply chain decisions and support both the Procurement and Commercial Manageras appropriate
• Escalate issues that cannot be resolved within the wider teamto the Procurement Manager.

Safety.

• Conduct oneself in a safe and respectful manner, ensuring theongoing health and safety of yourself and others.

Quality.

• Meticulously review RFQ tenders to ensure solution providedis in line with PP/Customer expectations
• Accurately & diligently complete quotedocumentation to ensure correct pricing/lead time/MOQ/MOV/delivery charges/toolcharges/liabilities etc are captured and costed to the customer with no hiddencosts left with PP
• Review, and if applicable, create any new vendorsprior to production order launch with correct terms and liaise with ProcurementManager to allocate said supplier to relevant buyer to have all correctinformation ready for procurement activity
• Update BC prior to production order launch withcorrect vendor/pricing/lead time information to guarantee correct buyingactivity.
• Liaise with wider team if/when items added to BOM atpoint of NPI to ensure product is ordered in line with customer demand

Cost.

• Work with current/potential suppliers to negotiate costreduction
• Negotiate price/terms upon tender review to guaranteesupplier is offering PP best terms upon RFQ in line with PP/Customerexpectations
• Reject/defer cost increases from suppliers via negotiation
• Identify methods to increase buying power with PP selectedsuppliers to increase preferential terms and in turn, result in cost reduction/supplierconsolidation when requesting/reviewing new tenders
• Ensure payment terms are in line with/exceed PP standardterms with all suppliers when setting up new vendors
• Have the ability to negotiate discounted terms and rebateagreements to offer PP advantageous terms when applicable against new product
• Diligently manage PPV with the commercial team to guaranteepricing variation is being captured and relayed back to the customer throughoutproject status

Delivery.

• Update BC with correct lead time information from RFQ toensure correct procurement activity in line with customer expectation andchallenge lead time when this is not a reflection of recent quotation
• Agree and manage Procurement RFQ deadlines as set uponreceipt of enquiry to guarantee these are met

People.

• To work collaboratively with internal and externalstakeholders to establish and maintain working relationships.
• Engage in PP training/team building exercises to promotecross functional working
• Support/facilitate project work when required