Group Senior Buyer

I am looking for a Group Senior Buyer for a large manufacturing organisation in Manchester. This role will involve some travel outside of the UK from time to time as my client has office in other parts of the EU.  Ideally you will have worked on complex projects up to £50M and will have a minimum of 5 years of purchasing.  You will be responsible for portfolio spend within a category, typically 3% to 8% of turnover. Performance impacts of COG, supply chain performance and overhead budgets through; prices, continuity of supply, supplier quality and service performance, timely innovation, and conditions/processes. Also the direct impact on COG, overhead budget and CSL through; sourcing strategy creation and execution, supplier selection and contracting, supplier management. Furthermore the functions impacted by, commercial, supply chain, R&D and the overall business for indirect. My client offers a 50/50 way of working and if you are travelling - these are counted as office days