Senior Buyer

Job Title: Senior Buyer

Location: Remote (UK)

Salary: £42,000 to £53,000 per year + benefits

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Started as a telephone cooperative in 2019, Mersey Wireless still answers to the members it serves. We started in 2019 and have grown to about 80 people.

Role overview:

The Senior Buyer buys materials and services for our plants, managing about $30M in annual spend across 200 suppliers. Remote within the UK. The team meets in Leeds once a quarter, travel covered. Few meetings, lots of written updates. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Run RFQs and RFPs and compare bids on total cost.
• Follow purchasing policy and approval limits.
• Issue purchase orders from approved requisitions and MRP signals in SAP.
• Qualify new suppliers with quality and finance.

What you'll need:

• Advanced Excel for bid comparisons and spend analysis.
• Occasional travel to supplier sites.
• Strong negotiation skills, with examples of savings you delivered.
• Working knowledge of contracts, Incoterms and payment terms.
• Comfortable pushing suppliers on dates and price.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Pay and benefits:

• Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution.
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays.
• Share options.
• Annual bonus.
• Long service awards.

Unfortunately we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Mersey Wireless Ltd.