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Senior Buyer Jobs in Sellafield

Senior Buyer​

A Senior Buyer in the engineering industry is responsible for negotiating and managing a range of suppliers to ensure that business goals are met. In other words, a Senior Buyer must be able to find the right suppliers and negotiate their terms, then communicate these terms to the company’s leadership and any other relevant stakeholders. Before actively managing the relationships with their suppliers.

The Senior Buyer role usually sits within the supply chain department of an engineering company and is responsible for ensuring all materials necessary for meeting production targets are procured. Working as a Senior Buyer you’ll need to have excellent communication skills, and a good knowledge of materials used within the industry in which you’ll operate. To be successful in this role, you will typically possess at least 5 years’ experience working in a purchasing role or as a buyer.

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​Sellafield​

Sellafield is a nuclear facility in Cumbria, England. It covers an area of more than 1,000 hectares and includes an operational nuclear power station and a fuel reprocessing plant where radioactive waste is recycled into new fuel for use in the nuclear industry. Sellafield is presently working on decommissioning four Magnox nuclear power stations located on the site, while safeguarding and managing used fuel from more than 100 reactors during the past 50 years.

Sellafield is in West Cumbria, one of the most beautiful areas of the country to explore. It is surrounded by the Lake District national park, which is an amazing area to visit and attracts many tourists. 

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