Junior Buyer - Employment, career opportunity in uk

Job Title:  Junior Buyer - Indirects
Job Type:   Permanent
Location:    West London
Deadline:  9th Sept 2013
Start Date:    ASAP
Salary:    £28k - £32k pa + Corporate Benefits Package
Ref No:    120005-528126081_586865


Headline:

Junior Buyer within an expanding multi-billion £ T/O FTSE 50 corporate; excellent development and progression route for bright graduates / equivalent, with some post-graduation Purchasing experience seeking a career within corporate procurement.

Role:

Reporting into the Head of Procurement, you will develop excellent exposure to Senior Stakeholders and the full breadth of Indirect category expenditure across the Group.

You will support the Senior Procurement team across the complete end-to-end strategic sourcing lifecycle, alongside running your own sourcing projects and engaging on best practice and continuous improvement programmes.

Your remit will encompass:

• Supporting the design, implementation & embedding of procurement strategy and category management structures
• Assisting in the management of end-to-end strategic sourcing lifecycle, including supplier selection, negotiation, contract drafting and post-contract award SRM
• Identifying opportunities for Improvement, and relaying to Procurement Leadership Team
• Supporting the management and realization of Cost Reduction activities, utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
• Supplier Performance and Relationship Management
• Management of your own Purchasing and Continuous Improvement projects

Requirements:

• Diverse category sourcing expertise, preferably across Indirect / Services spend categories
• Ideally a Graduate (or equivalent) within a Commercial discipline
• Sound commercial acumen & skill-set: analytical, excellent negotiation skills
• Excellent influencing and interpersonal / relationship management skill set

Above all bright, driven, enthusiastic; with a desire to develop commercial procurement experience within an autonomous and fast-paced corporate environment

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