Indirect Buyer - Business Services

Macildowie is pleased to be working with a Coventry based organisation as they look to recruit an experienced Buyer to join their growing Purchasing Department. Reporting to the Procurement Manager, you will be tasked with: Deliver category management solutions and strategy Pro-actively manage supplier contracts and performance Undertake tendering process to achieve value for money Review and re-negotiate existing supplier contracts and pricing Supplier Management and reporting Produce meaningful Management Information to the wider business To be considered for this role, you must be able to demonstrate the following: Previous experience in an Indirect Purchasing role Experience in purchasing business services ideally An understanding of 3rd party risk would be advantageous Either CIPS qualified or studying towards (support will be offered) Strong communications skill Able to build strong working relationships internally and externally Commercially aware Computer literate including Intermediate Excel. This is a rare opportunity to join this organisation in a newly created role, and will offer the successful candidate a salary of up to £35,000 plus ability to work from home at least once per week. It has a good benefits package including an annual bonus scheme. Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at http://www.macildowie.com. Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process. After applying for this role you'll be sent a request for your consent to hold your data on our systems. If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.