Job Title: Buyer
Location: Hybrid - Warwick (3 days per week)
About us: Consultants on Demand: a consultancy start-up with global backing.
Imagine Consultants on Demand: a consultancy service offered by Randstad Sourceright across all our clients in the UK and Ireland. Imagine enjoying the dynamic culture of being a consultant across many industries and markets whilst being part of a global company. It’s a start-up-like environment backed by global security and continuous development.
You can shape your career with us - and grow - by getting the opportunity to work with a number of our clients as well as having access to the continuous learning and development opportunities that RSR has to offer. We encourage our consultants to become pioneers in this space, helping us to evolve the offering for both our clients and our talent.
Imagine doing this together with a community of professionals from different backgrounds and expertise within the consultancy and across the overall RSR global community. Imagine Consultants on Demand.
Consultants on Demand sits within Randstad Sourceright: the global talent strategic partner specialising in talent management solutions including Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Managed Service Programs (MSP), Integrated Talent Solutions including this brand-new consultancy offering.
Role:
- To manage a work-queue and secure that POs are issued in due time
- Ensure a close cooperation with Internal Customers (MRPCs, requisitioners) to ensure customer care and early involvement
- Manage a portfolio of suppliers, negotiate price increase requests, prepare RFQ packs, run bidding processes, and conduct negotiations for medium Purchasing Volumes
- Contribute to implementation and ensure usage of globally defined methods, processes and systems to ensure high process efficiency and process compliance (e.g. compliant Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process, Procurement guidelines, IT systems)
- Support Supplier Management processes (e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation, development, classification)
- Update supplier evaluation systems to obtain and develop the best suppliers and ensure transparency and high procurement quality
- Maintain records of all documentation, adherence of online purchasing and contract management systems.
- Perform special projects as needed in addition to the assigned purchasing responsibilities.
Experience & Skills:
- Strong SAP experience
- Outstanding Excel skills
- 2+ years of experience in Direct Procurement.
- Team player with the ability to also work independently to meet fixed deadlines, goals and objectives
- Ability to work in a complex, fast changing global organisational environment
- Bachelor’s degree
What we offer:
We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools that are personalised to meet the needs of your reality—to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.
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