Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer

Location: North Bradford

Salary: £50,000 + bonus

Industry: Manufacturing

Job Type: Permanent

The Role

• Lead and support a small purchasing team of 2 to 3 direct reports
• Develop and implement purchasing and sourcing strategies for assigned categories
• Manage key supplier relationships, including reviews, site meetings and performance improvement
• Negotiate with suppliers to achieve best value, cost savings and improved commercial terms
• Monitor supplier performance against quality, cost, delivery and service KPIs
• Identify and reduce supply chain risks including single source supply, capacity issues and quality concerns
• Support continuity of supply through contingency planning and dual sourcing where required
• Ensure purchasing schedules, order placement and priorities are managed in line with production requirements
• Resolve supplier, pur...