As we look to further enhance our market presence, we are recruiting a Senior Buyer to join our thriving team. This role will be responsible for all direct and indirect procurement for the business. Your focus will be to ensure OTIF, maintain the highest of quality and ensure all contracts are cost-effective for the business. The right candidate for this role will be proactive and take the initiative to make improvements throughout the Procurement function. This is a hands-on role requiring the Senior Buyer to be fully involved in both the day to day detail and the overall strategy for the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing all processes and procedures to ensure best Procurement practice
• Negotiating, implementing and maintaining supplier agreements.
• Undertake supplier performance reviews as necessary in order to maintain supplier performance levels for quality, cost and delivery.
• Working cross functionally across the different departments to ensure agreed company goals
• Managing inventory levels and ensuring accuracy without affecting production
• Dealing with complex issues related to the development of new products, new suppliers, or technologies to enhance new or existing products
• Working closely with suppliers to develop and maintain long lasting relationships
• Implementing KPI's to accurately monitor supplier performance
• Escalating and addressing business risks without delay or hesitation
• Full accountability for sourcing the right quality of products and services

Skills & Experience Required

• Ability to deliver a procurement service which is cost effective, quality focussed, timely and reliable
• Experience in developing high level sourcing strategies
• Strong operational Procurement background
• Experience in leading and influencing internal and external stakeholders
• Proven experience working within a manufacturing environment
• High level of education, including CIPS

Why IWT

A family-owned business with the heritage and stability of a family firm and the scale and complexity to genuinely test a senior site leader. Founded in 1958, with five advanced manufacturing sites across North Wales, and with customers across the UK, Europe and beyond.

The role offers real breadth multi-line assembly, process-plant operations, finishing, people development and operational performance all under one site leader. North Wales is an outstanding place to live and work, with the coast and Eryri (Snowdonia) on the doorstep and Liverpool and Manchester just over an hour away.

We offer a competitive senior-leadership salary (details on application), pension, genuine investment in continuing professional development, and a leadership role with real authority and the resources to deliver against it.