Buyer

Brief summary of duties

This is a key role in our organisation to help transform our supply chain and to drive performance across our European and Far East Suppliers.

Key duties are:

1. Buying responsibility for both Direct and Indirect Products and Services
2. Ensuring responsible suppliers perform to the Business Governance requirements and evolving needs of the business, shareholders and customers, in respect to Product Quality, Cost performance/development, Delivery Compliance, Environmental, Sustainability, CSR policies, Legal and legislative requirements, etc.
3. Identify cost savings initiatives for products and services for the group
4. Key stakeholder in enabling the Procurement department to achieve best in class service and proposition value
5. Foster and support Suppliers and Factories development to reach their best level of performance
6. Support the development of Sourcing and Category Strategies

The objective is to build resilient and cost-effective supply chain solutions to enable to reach best in class service levels.

Key areas of responsibility

• Assess value proposition and effective landed costs for bought in goods
• Manage suppliers, Supplier price lists and lead Supplier price and contract negotiations
• Lead the process of finding new supply partners for supplier and product manufacturing contracts
• Able to identify, assess and develop factories to achieve the best manufacturing performance,
• Lead RFI/RFQ/tendering processes and prepare associated data analysis to recommend best product or service offering for the business
• Ability to speak Italian, Spanish or Portuguese would be an advantage but not essential
• Manage cost modelling work for key product lines
• Ensuring all current and new Suppliers are approved in accordance with Business Approvals and Governance processes
• Evaluate the market for alternative Supplier and Product opportunities
• Strong internal collaboration across the business, significantly with Planning, Quality, Product Management and Warehousing functions

Key skills

• Degree in Product Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering
• 3 years in product development of manufacturing process development
• 2 to 3 years of experience of project management or purchasing/procurement
• Good manufacturing knowledge and ability to assess factories performance and skills
• Ability to work autonomously & independently
• Good negotiation skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to analyse data and make relevant recommendations
• Both technical and business mindsets

Collaboration and teamwork

• Entrepreneurial mindset, seeing opportunities
• Change management
• Adapt approach to match the needs of different individuals and teams

Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays;
• Auto enrolment government pension scheme;
• 4 x salary life assurance;
• Private healthcare salary sacrifice scheme;
• Buying and selling of annual leave available;
• Financial support programme available;
• Access to an employee assistance programme;
• Quarterly nights out with the team, paid for up to £25 per head;
• Discounted gym membership at the Hilton doubletrees;
• Christmas party and Summer Family Fun Day;
• Discounted travel prices on Arriva public transport in Kent;
• Contributory defined contribution pension scheme;
• Premium watch such as Rolex for 10 year’s service;
• Fabulous working conditions www.bathroombrands.com/behind-the-scenes

To apply for this role, please send your CV and a Covering Letter to [email protected]