I'm excited to announce a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Strategic Buyer to join a well-established organisation based in Abingdon with a salary up to £50,000. This role will sit in the purchasing department, with excellent progression opportunities.

Ideal candidates will have a vast amount of experience in the procurement profession purchasing facilities managements and engineering components.

Role's responsibilities of the Senior Strategic Buyer include:

Supporting and developing the purchasing processes within FM & Engineering spend on site with the help of VP Head of Procurement and the international purchasing team.
Formulating the category strategy in alignment with the VP of Procurement and VP of Facilities as well as collaborating with procurement teams based in France; Italy; Germany and US.
Understanding budgets; tracking spends vs. budgets, reporting and presenting numbers
Managing supplier relationships and build strategic alliances with key providers
Performing and reviewing spend analysis with an ability to present at all levels.
Leading commercially strong negotiations for Capex and Opex purchases, seeking to reduce YOY by leveraging your engineering and negotiation skills

Role requirements for the Senior Strategic Buyer include:

Experience in managing category of FM & Engineering
Proficiency in common office software like Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Experience using ERP systems

Salary

£45k-£50k

This role offers hybrid working.

This role would be well suited to you if you have held a role within purchasing or procurement as a Senior Buyer, Sourcing Specialist, Procurement Specialist, Strategic Buyer, Technical Buyer, Category Buyer or Category Manager