Buyer

Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a well respected energy organisation. Due to an ever increasing workload, they are currently looking to recruit a Buyer for an initial 24 month contract. The role would offer hybrid working with 4 days a week spent onsite in Barrow In Furness and 1 day a week working from home. There is a competitive rate of pay on offer for the successful candidate.Please find the job description below:The Buyer is responsible for supporting our business in ensuring delivery of high-quality Purchase Orders with vendors, supporting continuous process improvements and operational efficiency/productivity gains across the business. Acts as a first escalation point for local supplier issues and ensures that the local stakeholders are appropriately trained on Procurement tools.The role will also support material coordination within the Asset and work closely with the logistics and materials team.AccountabilitiesWork in full compliance with the company Buying policy, educating and driving the correct behaviors of business stakeholdersBuild effective stakeholder relationships, ensuring a high service level in terms of buyer functional deliveryPartner with internal customers to positively influence spending decisions, to analyze and make recommendations to the businessUnderstand the business needs and validate the requirements are justifiedEnsure availability of all goods and services in time - proactively support business owners to ensure equipment/ consumables/ service availability to meet agreed timescalesExecute Purchase Orders including full tracking up to delivery on siteManage vendors to ensure timely deliveries and quality complianceEnsure flawless procurement procedures – working with the relevant individuals to identify and make improvements where requiredSupport implementation of Catalogues and promote/execute with local requestors higher spend penetration through CataloguesSupport negotiations, contract implementation and maintenance, incl. supplier performance metricsIdentify savings opportunities and partner with internal customers to deliver savings through tenders/negotiations/contract renewalsTechnical SkillsExtensive SAP experience (as buyer)Strong customer service approach to delivering the buying function.Strong written and oral communication skills, decision making/problem solving, influencing and team building skills.Experience with contracts activities (strategy, sourcing, contracts management, etc.)Ability to work collaboratively across an organization and with external parties.Ability to prioritise ensure seamless execution.Ability to work with external stakeholders comfortably.Strong business acumen and commercial skills along with technical system skillsFor immediate consideration, hit the 'Apply Now' button.TPBN1_UKTJ