Strategic Buyer

Strategic Buyer – Eastwood – to £45,000

Chase & Holland are excited to be partnering with a rapidly growing, family owned business who are looking to recruit a Strategic Buyer to join their team.
Reporting to the Head of Procurement, this newly created key role will see you manage and develop strategic supplier relations to help push the business forward.                                                                                                                
The business which has recently moved to brand new premises is going through a strong period of growth and it’s a very exciting time to join!


In Return You’ll Receive:

• 10% Performance related bonus
• 33 days holiday inc bank holidays
• CIPS study support and development
• Death in service x3
• Private healthcare after probation (Individual)
• Pension scheme
• Flexible/Hybrid working
• Online discount platform

As the Strategic Buyer, you will be responsible for:

• Working with existing and new suppliers to obtain quotations 
• Initiating and managing tendering
• Negotiating commercial conditions and implement agreements with suppliers
• Developing sourcing strategies and analysing spends
• Communicating with internal teams reporting delays and errors and report supply chain disruptions
• Working pro-actively to find and identify solutions
• Working closely with new product teams to source and negotiate best price and quality
• Monitoring supplier performance
• Working and leading projects
• Collecting data as required and/or performing data analysis

Your working Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 4:30pm


Skills & Experience you require:

• Experience within a similar role
• Intermediate level of Excel knowledge
• Previous knowledge of ERP systems
• Ability to work with large amounts of complex data
• Strong negotiations skills
• Experience in organising and managing competitive tenders

If you are interested in finding out about this exciting Strategic Buyer opportunity, click ‘apply now'.


Chase and Holland acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We specialise in Finance, Supply Chain, HR and IT recruitment and comfortably service Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire marketplaces.