UK remote
Senior Strategic Buyer (UK)
About this role
Want to be part of a UK hub, in a global business that is scaling rapidly, evolving fast and radically changing the decades-old delivery universe? If so, read on, as we’re looking for a Senior Strategic Buyer to join our UK Procurement team! Our mission? To switch up the status quo and become the UK’s leading out-of-home business. With a fast-growing network of thousands of smart lockers, hundreds of leading retail partners and the launch of our transformative Send service, we’re bringing freedom to anyone with a parcel.
At InPost UK, we’re building an unparalleled group of talent that’s committed to help us power our mission to reshape the way parcels move, and redefine eCommerce logistics. Our team is packed full of top-notch experts in e-commerce, technology, scale-up growth, sustainability, logistics and supply chain. We’re a passionate bunch with high ambition – we collaborate, innovate, support each other, and leave egos at the door.
About the role: To partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify, shape and execute procurement opportunities that create sustainable commercial and operational value. To proactively monitor supply markets, emerging technologies and new ways of doing business, translating them into category strategies and redefined spend approaches, while procuring goods and services on the best possible commercial terms and to the required quality standard.
What you’ll be doing: Identify and shape procurement opportunities by monitoring supply markets, emerging technologies and new commercial or operational models, redefining category and spend strategy rather than simply executing business requests. Lead market sourcing of goods and services, including market analysis and benchmarking. Develop and execute category strategies aligned with organisational objectives and cost/value optimisation targets.
Negotiate and conclude commercial and confidentiality agreements. Manage end-to-end procurement projects, including RFIs, RFQs and RFPs. Qualify, verify and evaluate suppliers, including assessing their innovation and capability. Build and maintain supplier relationships, negotiating terms of cooperation. Drive continuous improvement and value-creation initiatives across cost, sustainability, risk and innovation within owned categories.