# Senior Buyer **Company**: Dynisma **Location**: Bristol **Experience**: senior **Job type**: permanent **Category**: Operations **Industry**: Automotive **Apply**: https://www.dynisma.com/careers/vacancy-senior-buyer?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_5d4d14fd-aae ## Description Dynisma is revolutionising the automotive and motorsport driving simulator market with its disruptive Motion Generator technology. The role of Senior Buyer involves managing procurement operations and supply chain management to ensure the best possible conditions for the company. ### Key Responsibilities & Skills **Procurement Operations & Supply Chain Management:** - Negotiate contracts, terms, and prices with suppliers to ensure the best possible conditions for the company aligned with supply chain strategy. - Manage high-risk and strategic procurement projects to deliver works, goods, and services that meet or exceed customer requirements. - Identify, evaluate, and select suppliers that meet the company's standards for quality, cost, and reliability. - Develop and implement procurement strategies relating to categories that are managed by Buyer and that align with company goals and project timelines. - Manage and monitor supplier performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and performance metrics. - Collaborate with the engineering and production teams to understand their material and component requirements. - Conduct market research to stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies that could impact supply chain strategies. - Stay up to date on commodity trends, currency fluctuations, tariffs, and international trade policies that could influence purchasing decisions. - Manage the supplier forecast, delivery schedules, and re-schedule requests with suppliers in a timely manner to minimise impact on production schedules. - Review and approve ECOs and set up items in Business System. - Support the regular review and improvements of procurement policies, procedures, controls, and business systems across the organisation. - Contribute to the continuous review of current supply chain agreements vs new product needs to optimise spend and quality. - Ensure procurement activities comply with legal, regulatory, and ethical standards. - Promote sustainable procurement practices and alignment with corporate social responsibility goals. - Maintain accurate and auditable procurement documentation. **Financial & Risk Management:** - Support ensuring that the material purchasing requirements in the forward forecasts ensure value for money from the supply chain, and implementing procurement initiatives to drive cost savings for the business against project budgets. - Oversee critical suppliers' credentials and risk levels. - Support the continuous improvement of cost management optimisation. - Implement risk management practices to minimise exposure to supply chain disruptions, compliance breaches, or reputational damage. ### Why join Dynisma? Dynisma is growing rapidly, and we are looking for outstanding people across all parts of the business to help build our future. The culture is passionate, fast-paced, open, and transparent. People work in a flat structure with hands-on application, innovation, and experimentation constantly in mind. Benefits include a competitive basic salary, pension, life insurance, private medical insurance, 25 days holiday, Cycle to work and electric car vehicle schemes. ## Skills ### Required - procurement - supply chain management - contract negotiation - risk management --- Source: [Apply at dynisma.com](https://www.dynisma.com/careers/vacancy-senior-buyer?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)