Strategic Buyer - Littlehampton

Are you an experienced Buyer looking for the next step and new opportunity?

Futures Recruitment Services are supporting their local client for a Strategic Buyer position.

Full time position paying up to £45,000 per annum with 12.5% annual bonus

The man duties of Strategic Buyer:

• Develop and implement plans to achieve continuous improvement of Parker’s WIN Strategy and Filtration Group related to the division.
• Identify, evaluate and develop suppliers to meet the current and future needs of the business

• Identify areas of risk in the supply chain, effectively prioritise, develop and implement plans to mitigate such risks
• Reporting of KPI’s, analysis and development of improvement plans
• Develop our supplier relationships and ensure >80% of the location spend is covered by Strategic Procurement Agreements which are managed and controlled in line with EBI requirements.
• Manage supplier performance by way of recognising both positive and negative achievements and communicate effectively to promote the pursuit of excellence and best practice both internally and externally
• Continuously benchmark suppliers, analyse pricing trends and utilise cost models to defend against price increases, achieve price decreases and best total cost of ownership solutions
• Effective and timely project management and coordination of Supply Chain activities     

Key Accountabilities

• Regularly review KPI’s to identify areas for development to improve the performance of the Supply Chain function
• Promote the use of PH connect with suppliers to improve visibility of key performance indicators
• Monitor and report Supplier Quality, Delivery and Cost performance to create and implement improvement plans across the Division
• Monitor and report Purchase Price Index (PPI) to create and implement improvement plans across the Division
• Continuously develop Deflation plans to achieve cost reductions of 5% across the Division
• Maximise the payment terms with suppliers to improve WADPO for the Division
• Monitor and analyse inventory data to develop supplier strategies for inventory reduction
• Monitor and analyse freight data to develop supplier strategies to reduce freight cost, reduce lead times and improve customer service
• Coordinate Supply Chain activities for New Product Development

If you would like more information on the role, please apply contact Nikki