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Buyer / Associate Procurement Specialist
Leicester (around 15-20 mins from J21 Leicester Forest Junction M1)
Hourly Rate: £25.50 FCSA Umbrella (this role is deemed inside IR35), £18.50 paye – Fully Office Based Mon – Fri 5 days pw
Min 12 month contract, although likely to extend
Are you a buyer / supply chain specialist or purchasing person looking to work with an prestigious & expanding company? Do you have experience in purchasing & buying products for a manufacturing facility (ideally Engineering)? Would you like to work with a world leader in the field? These are the main points we wish to cover, should you feel this is worth investigating why not apply!
Location: Leicester
Hourly Rate: £25.50 FCSA Umbrella (Inside IR35), £18.50 paye
Fully Office based 5 days pw.
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Specific Responsibilities
- Point of contact for the procurement team, managing procurement dependencies across the manufacturing facility.
- Previous experience of delivering this in a engineering manufacturing environment high advantageous.
- Create the procurement strategies communicating clear cost, time and quality deliverables to key stakeholders.
- Supplier nomination, ensuring robust evaluation of supplier capacity and capability.
- Management reporting to evidence performance against key targets.
- Weekly Reporting on outsourcing KPIs.
- Contract Negotiation and Agreeing T&Cs as per Standard T&Cs procedure.
- Managing risks and opportunities registers.
- To plan and present plan gateways as per the internal procedure.
- CIPS preferred or currently studying for CIPS.
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Long term contract (12 months min, although likely to become a long term, ongoing contract)
This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties, but it is intended to give a general indication of the range of work undertaken and will vary in detail in the light of changing demands and priorities within the department.
The company are based close to Leicester and are looking to speak with talented people who are not just interested in the rate they are most interested in talking to people interested in their satisfying work first, then followed by competitive hourly rate. There may be scope for slightly outside of the parameters on a case by case basis, please apply indicating this for more details
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