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.