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Job Description
SENIOR BUYER / STRATEGIC BUYER – BRISTOL
Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.
Roles: Senior Buyer / Strategic Buyer
Location: Bristol / HYBRID
Salary: £Competitive salary plus benefits
ARCA is partnered with a rapidly scaling, high tech engineering business seeking to expand its procurement team by hiring an experienced Buyer.
The successful candidate will source high-quality components and materials, negotiate with suppliers, and manage procurement processes to support the engineering and production teams.
Responsibilities:
- Find, assess, and select suppliers that match company quality, cost, and reliability benchmarks
- Negotiate terms and costs with suppliers
- Oversee supplier performance to ensure they meet contract terms and performance targets
- Create and execute procurement plans in line with company objectives and project schedules
- Work collaboratively with engineering and production teams
- Keep abreast of industry trends and new technologies affecting supply chains through market research
Experienced required:
- Proven experience as a Buyer / Procurement in an engineering or manufacturing environment
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective supplier relationships
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Attention to detail
- Understanding of supply chain processes
- Experience using procurement software and Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced and dynamic team environment
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
Nice to have:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, related field or equivalent experience.
- CIPS Qualified
- Familiar with MS Dynamics.
- Familiarity with international logistics.
If this opportunity is of interest, please apply for immediate consideration.
Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.