Senior Buyer

Senior BuyerTelfordPermanentUp to circa £60k per annum (experience dependant)37.5 hours per week Mon- FriAre you an experienced procurement professional looking to take the next step in your career with a growing international engineering business?This established and highly respected organisation provides innovative engineered solutions to a global customer base. Due to continued growth, they are looking to recruit a Senior Buyer to take ownership of purchasing activities, supplier management, and procurement performance.This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong purchasing experience who enjoys balancing strategic supplier management with hands-on operational procurement responsibilities within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.As the Senior Buyer, you will be getting involved in:Leading and supporting a small team of Purchasing Administrators, ensuring procurement activities are completed efficiently and accuratelyManaging supplier relationships, performance reviews, and identifying opportunities to improve service, quality, and costNegotiating pricing agreements, lead times, and commercial terms with suppliersOverseeing purchase order activity and ensuring materials are delivered on time and in fullSupporting sourcing and supplier selection activities to meet business and production requirementsIdentifying and delivering cost-saving initiatives through effective negotiation and supplier managementWorking closely with planning, engineering, and manufacturing teams to ensure materials availabilityMonitoring inventory levels and supporting stock optimisation initiativesDriving continuous improvement within procurement processes and systemsProducing procurement reports and analysing supplier performance dataWe are looking for someone who has experience in:Purchasing, Procurement, or Supply Chain roles within a manufacturing or engineering environmentManaging supplier relationships and negotiating commercial agreementsSupporting, mentoring, or supervising junior procurement team membersDelivering cost reduction and supplier performance improvement initiativesWorking with MRP/ERP systems, ideally SAPStrong commercial awareness and excellent negotiation skillsA proactive and organised approach with the ability to manage multiple prioritiesPrevious experience in roles such as Buyer, Senior Buyer, Lead Buyer, Purchasing Supervisor, Purchasing Team Leader, Purchasing Manager, or Procurement SpecialistThe application process:Our mission is to support our clients in their creation of an equal, diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to providing a barrier-free recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable accessibility adjustments within the application process, then please make it known at the earliest opportunity.We will carefully consider your details and advise you if we're able to progress with your application within 72 working hours .If you do not hear from us within this time your details wont be retained. So, if you're not successful on this occasion, do continue to respond to future roles we advertise. In the meantime, all good wishes and continued success with your search for employment.About UsPrince Personnel are an employment agency working on behalf of our client.Whether youre seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment or contract youll find us easy to deal with.Located in thriving Telford, we focus on jobs in Shropshire, Staffordshire and North Wales.Prince Personnel specialise in commercial, accounts and finance and operations recruitment.With the best jobs around we are an independent agency working hard for you.Reference: AA27022TPBN1_UKTJ