Role: Interim Senior Procurement Buyer - MRO

Industry: FMCG - FTSE 100

Rate: £30-£45 p/h inside IR35

Contract Length: To the end of 2022

Location: Surrey / WFH

Job Description: Procurement Manager: MRO

The Procurement Manager is responsible for the timely and cost-effective strategic sourcing of the category in accordance with corporate policies and procedures.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Ensure that the company requirements for the MRO category are fulfilled with the optimum quality, service, and total cost of ownership, which are consistent with the needs of our internal business partners, the opportunities presented by the market, and meet our short and long-term requirements.

Manage communications between suppliers and our internal business partners to ensure business needs are met on an ongoing basis.

Develop and maintain expertise on vendor selection, relationships and negotiation

Maintain close, co-operative relationships with key business partners, enabling development of relevant, forward focused category strategies

Maintain co-operative relationships with across procurement and leverage these relationships to drive value for the EMEA business and to support the needs of other regions.

Ensure that internal control requirements are met in an efficient and effective manner.

Desirable Qualifications/Education/Experience Required:

Bachelor's degree and/or significant Procurement experience

Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

Excellent quantitative and data analysis skills

Excellent negotiation skills

Relevant experience in the category area

This is an urgent requirement so if it is of interest please apply immediately and contact Jamie.mackinlay@1st-executive.com to find out more