Job Title: Senior Buyer
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Location: South Leicestershire - Office Based
Salary: £50,000 - £52,000
The Procurement Division at SF Recruitment are currently recruiting for an experienced Buyer to join their growing manufacturing client on a full time, permanent basis.

As the Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for taking ownership of your own internal categories, ensuring that cost, lead times and quality control is monitored to meet project deadlines. Your other daily responsibilities will include:

-Manage buyers, drive their learning and development within the department.
-Liaising with suppliers to negotiate and secure value for money on product range.
-Building effective stakeholder relationships, ensuring a high service level in terms of quotations, quality compliance and communication
-Identifying savings opportunities through tenders, negotiations, and efficiencies
-Responsible for the implementation of design changes.
-Utilising multiple applications and systems to deliver accurate metrics, reporting and data.
-To undertake and assist with projects as required by your manager.
-Any other ad-hoc duties as required by your manager.

The successful candidate will already have experience working either at an experienced Buyer level and be looking for the next step up in their career, or you will have experience working as a Senior Buyer/Category Manager and be looking to join a market leading and highly recognised global brand.

What is essential is that you can/have:
- Communicate effectively at all levels from assistant through to director level.
- Strong understanding of procurement processes.
- Confidently negotiate and influence.
- Strong stakeholder and supplier management.
- IT Literate - experience pulling reports and analysing trends.
- Experience in manufacturing industry (not essential).

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