Procurement Buyer

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Overview
Are you an experienced, knowledgeable buyer who can put their commercial awareness, negotiation, and confidence to make decisions to valuable use as part of the Solus Aviva family?
Responsibilities
Candidate can be based in Midlands, North West or Surrey region.
The role:
Our Procurement Buyer will support our Procurement Lead liaising with key stakeholders determining product and service needs, monitoring business trends while negotiating the best possible, quality, price, and delivery times.
This role is critical to contribute to Solus strategic approach securing long term supplier relationships, risk mitigation and maintenance of day-to-day procurement requirements; Helping us to build the bodyshop of the future and sustain our long-term growth and sustainability.
Key Responsibilities:

• End-to-end supply chain process
• Optimise ordering and reordering from suppliers
• Mitigate risks by managing supplier relationships
• Maintain records of all suppliers
• Supporting the Commercial Department in forecasting and aligning findings with supply chain management
• Research requirements, opportunities, trends, and developments in the sector
• Collaborate to improve supplier relationships and supplier performance
• Review and manage supplier Non-Compliance
• Consider environmental impact of the supply chain and sustainability targets

Qualifications
Desirable qualifications and experience:

• Commercial education with business accreditations in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Economics, Applied Science, or a related field.

• 3-5 years in a buying function or supply chain desirable or relevant training required
• Highly analytical problem solver with an aptitude for figures.
• Ability to react quickly to an ever-changing industry sector.
• Self-motivated and driven to develop within the role. xwwtmva
• Excellent verbal and written communicator

Who are Solus and whatcantheydo for you?
Solus is one of the largest body repair groups in the country, employing over 900 expert people across 25UK locations and have repaired over 700,000 vehicles in the last 15 years.

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