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Senior Buyer

Ref: AS8395541

Manchester, UK

£50,000

  • Permanent
  • IT And Indirect Procurement
  • Supplier Performance Management
  • Strategic Sourcing

About the candidate

A seasoned procurement professional with a strong background in IT and indirect category purchasing across complex, multi-national environments. They bring confident strategic thinking, clear communication and a practical approach to managing sourcing activity from initial requirements through to RFPs, negotiations and supplier performance reviews.

Now seeking a permanent opportunity, they are well suited to organisations looking for someone who can build strong stakeholder relationships, influence key decision-makers and deliver procurement strategies that support wider commercial goals.

What makes them great?

  • Delivers measurable cost improvements: Led technology procurement activity that helped reduce costs by around 20% while improving service delivery across the organisation.
  • Improves procurement efficiency: Implemented sourcing strategies that strengthened supplier relationships and contributed to an approximate 15% increase in procurement efficiency.
  • Turns insight into action: Uses spend analysis and market trends to identify savings opportunities, improve compliance and support smarter sourcing decisions.

Areas of expertise

  • IT and indirect procurement: Experienced in managing technology and indirect category spend across varied business functions and European markets.
  • Strategic sourcing and negotiation: Skilled in leading end-to-end sourcing processes, including RFPs, supplier selection and contract negotiations.
  • Stakeholder and supplier management: Confident working with IT, marketing, finance and senior stakeholders to improve supplier performance and procurement outcomes.