Senior Direct Buyer

Sunderland Permanent Up to £50,000 + Benefits Ref: 409472

The Company

Nigel Wright Group are currently working with a leading North East Manufacturing business to recruit a Senior Direct Buyer role. The Client will support 4 days' on site working and 1 day working from home.

The Opportunity

Reporting into the Head of Department and working within a collaborative team, the Senior Direct Buyer will be responsible for:

Managing Direct spend across multiple UK sites
Designing Category Strategy - Spend/supplier analysis, developing category business plans
Developing and implementing Procurement best practice policies and processes
Sourcing and contract negotiation
Supplier performance management/due diligence

About You

The ideal Senior Direct Buyer will have/be:

Proven strategic procurement track record within Direct spend
Category management experience/contract management experience essential
Strong negotiation skills, cost analysis, commercially astute
Experienced in negotiating agreements/SLAs, with a good understanding of contractual terms
Proactive, resilient, assertive, able to hit ground running
Strengths in building relationships externally//internally - confident to challenge
Team player, flexible to changing priorities and able to work at pace

For further details of this exciting new challenge, please do not hesitate to get in contact.