Senior Buyer

Location: Kingswinford
Salary: Up to £40,000
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Working Arrangement: Fully on-site

We are recruiting an experienced Senior Buyer to take ownership of procurement and supply chain planning within a growing manufacturing division.

This is a hands-on role offering the opportunity to build and improve procurement processes, introduce greater structure and develop more effective ways of working. The successful candidate will manage day-to-day purchasing, supplier performance, inventory and material availability across direct and indirect spend.

Key responsibilities

• Manage procurement across direct and indirect spend categories
• Develop and implement purchasing, planning and supplier management processes
• Lead supplier negotiations and develop strategic supplier relationships
• Monitor supplier performance across cost, quality and delivery
• Manage inventory and ensure materials are available to support production
• Build and maintain manual supply-and-demand planning tools
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and support annual reduction targets
• Introduce procurement KPIs and drive continuous improvement
• Work closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Finance and the wider Group Procurement team
• Resolve delivery, invoice and supply-related issues

Experience required

• Strong purchasing and supply chain experience, ideally within manufacturing
• Experience improving or rebuilding procurement and planning processes
• Hands-on knowledge of inventory and supply-and-demand planning
• Confident working with manual systems and spreadsheet-based planning tools
• Strong supplier management and negotiation skills
• Advanced Excel skills
• Knowledge of ERP or MRP systems
• A proactive and resilient approach, with the ability to create structure and influence change
• CIPS qualification, or working towards it, would be advantageous

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys building and improving a procurement function rather than simply inheriting established processes.

For more information or to apply, please get in touch.