Strategic Buyer Job at 360 Resourcing Solutions (Derby)

Job Responsibility

Reporting to the Defence Director the Strategic Buyer role works closely with our Commercial Team negotiating contracts and managing supplier relationships whilst leveraging data to drive commercial benefit to the business
Excellent collaboration and stakeholder relationship skills are critical to this role
You’ll leverage your prior procurement or buyer experience to confidently deal with high profile customers and suppliers, driving performance
The ideal candidate will have experience from an aerospace, defence, manufacturing or similar sector background sourcing engineered components and commodities
You’ll have expert excel and IT skills, be extremely analytical and will have a love of spreadsheets (pivot tables / VLOOKUPS)
Typical research activity will include spend tracking, internal feedback and detailed analysis

Excellent commercial acumen and strong procurement background
Experience of analysing margin trends, data and commercial terms
Strong Strategic acumen to understand pricing strategies
Ideally background within Aerospace, defence or manufacturing
Exposure to commodity purchasing
Strong research skills
Loves to be in the detail but also operate at a strategic level
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an analytical mindset
Exceptional organisational and project management abilities, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to handle multiple priorities
Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite and Power BI
A degree is not a pre-requisite for this role. Passion and commitment are
CIPS qualification desirable