Job Description
MRD Recruitment is hiring a Senior Buyer for my FMCG client based in Falkirk. The Senior Buyer will report directly into the Head of Procurement. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Senior Buyer to join an energetic team and ensure operational excellence. As Senior Buyer based in Falkirk, you will play a crucial role in development and implementation of category strategies. My FMCG client, based in Falkirk is looking for a dynamic Senior Buyer, who is passionate about procurement and can create and implement new processes. Key responsibilities. Responsible for the development and implementation of category strategies, ensuring they meet the needs of key stakeholders. Source, select and negotiate a supply base within areas of responsibility to meet current and future business requirements. Set budgets and demonstrate cost management, via trend analysis. Negotiate and implement Supplier Service Level Agreements to deliver best advantage to the Supply Chain. Lead cross functional teams during tender activities to achieve required result within quality, cost and lead time targets. Manage supplier performance in collaboration with internal stakeholders to ensure business needs are being met. Identify cost reduction initiatives and support implementation. Support delivery of Marketing and projects To deliver the financial budgets for procurement for the business. Spend analysis – collecting spend data; cleansing the data; categorising the data; analysing it for the purpose of understanding spending trends and identifying saving opportunities. Undertake tender and price benchmarking activity. To identify and follow through on the value engineering opportunities in line with agreed annual and pipeline targets. To demonstrate total cost control via analysis and report discrepancies monthly identifying root cause and tracking trends. Develop and maintain cost basket tracking methodology. Weekly invoice review and approval. Lead supplier quarterly business reviews Develop and deliver supplier improvement initiatives. Contribute to the development and implementation of Supplier Performance Management Liaise with key stakeholdersQualifications & Experience Required 3-5 year’s experience in a procurement role ideally within FMCG industry or a fast paced environment Ability to quickly develop meaningful stakeholder/supplier relationships. Proficiency with systems, including MS Office suite in particular MS Excel and knowledge of MRP systems. Highly process and compliance focused. Ability to create and implement new processes. Proficient problem solver who can see problems in the future and course correct to avoid them. Highly refined communication skills to enable stakeholder management across all levels of the business. A self-starter with high levels of energy, tenacity and “can do” attitude
