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Warrington, GB, WA3 6UT

Brand: RS Integrated Supply

Function: Finance

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Location– Warrington (WA3 6UT)

As a Buyer within RS Integrated Supply, you will be analysing client data to ensure spend is being driven to the correct supplier and category to secure best price and savings opportunity.

You will source stock and/or non-stock items from new and existing Suppliers in line with agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and internal procedures and maintain a continuous improvement culture to ensure delivery of consistent savings and world class client service.

What you will be doing:

  • To analyse sourcing data to consistently deliver best price in the marketplace.
  • Deliver all client contractual savings as per agreements.
  • To ensure you are on track to achieve client contractual savings.
  • Responsible for KPI/SLA delivery in line with set objectives, (Quote turnaround, conversions).
  • To obtain quote requests for new items and to amend Purchase Information Records (PIRs) accordingly.
  • Challenging suppliers across multiple MRO categories to deliver competitive and best pricing for our clients is being achieved.
  • Utilise data & consistently identify client spend patterns for increased savings opportunities.
  • Proactively challenge suppliers to ensure best pricing and service is provided.
  • Proactively review process to drive automation.
  • Develop strong supplier relationships that mutually benefit suppliers, clients and RS Integrated Supply.
  • Work closely with procurement teams for direction on selecting the correct supplier/category for best price.
  • Support the procurement teams with overall governance of the preferred supplier programs in the marketplace.

What do I need to be successful?

If you have the following skills and experience, we want to hear from you:

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build long term relationships with clients and suppliers.
  • Experienced in negotiating & challenging the norm.
  • Can demonstrate a collaborative approach; ability to work with and through others across business/functional lines.
  • Can do attitude – the ambition and drive to challenge, deliver excellence and be positive about change.
  • Resilient and robust – the intellect and strength of character to deliver a key role in a demanding business.
  • Self-motivated together with a positive attitude to deliver excellent Client experience and satisfaction.
  • Effective decision making and problem-solving skills through sound intuition and reasoning.
  • Strong ICT skills with proficient use of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
  • Good working knowledge of SAP applications.
  • Previous buying experience. (i.e., Engineering or manufacturing environment).
  • Strong professional impact – credibility and integrity are key.
  • Maintains a reputation for high standards of ethical business conduct.

We are RS Integrated Supply.

Across the industrial design, manufacturing and maintenance worlds, we’re the digital destination for product and service solutions to help our customers with the maintenance, repair and operation of their businesses.

RS Integrated Supply is one of the world’s leading providers of Integrated Supply Solutions to manufacturing industries for the provision of MRO (indirect) products. Our portfolio consists of Procurement Services, Transactional Processing, Stores Management and Inventory Optimisation enabled by industry leading digital platforms. We deliver world class results to world class companies in industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Foods, Beverage, Automotive and Aerospace.

We are one team. We deliver brilliantly. We do the right thing. We make every day better. These are our values. They unite our c.9,000 global colleagues and differentiate us from our competition. They are a mix of how we work today and how we must step up for the future. Most importantly, it is one set of values shaped by our people, for our people.

Together, we can make great things happen. Aim for amazing and beyond.


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