6 finance jobs found in Loughborough

Job title: Buyer Job location: Derby Rate: £20.50ph Hours per week: 37.5 Duration: 3 month contract Start date: Immediate Client Summary: A leading name within the Rolling Stock / Rail repair and modifications sector. Position Summary: Buyer involved in both direct and indirect materials and service procurement. Special focus on engineering based categories. Roles can include: * Process purchase requisitions and raise purchase orders in line with company procedures * Support supplier negotiations to achieve best value, quality, and delivery performance * Manage and maintain purchase orders, including amendments and updates * Monitor order progress and proactively follow up with suppliers to ensure on-time delivery * Resolve supply or delivery issues, escalating more complex matters where necessary * Maintain accurate procurement data within internal systems. * Assist with supplier performance monitoring and reporting * Support cost control initiatives and identify...

Job Title: Buyer Location: Coventry (on site) Contract: 6 months Rate: £28/hr+ PAYE Holidays: 33 days pro rata (inclusive of Bank Holidays) Purpose You will secure the best quality, service and value for critical, complex and high‑value parts, materials and services through sourcing, negotiation and supplier management. You'll coordinate UK purchases with the North Hollywood, CA site and ensure supply keeps production running to time, cost and quality targets. Key Responsibilities Manage procurement of materials and services to support quality, delivery and cost goals. Issue purchase orders for UK and international suppliers, ensuring accurate price, schedule, terms and import/export requirements. Identify and evaluate suppliers, negotiate contracts, and establish alternative sources for complex or technical items. Monitor supplier performance, resolve delivery, quality and payment issues, and drive corrective actions. Lead supplier site visits and assessments,...

Job Title: Senior Category Buyer - (phone number removed) The Opportunity This role leads the strategic sourcing, development, and ongoing optimisation of a diverse portfolio of Professional Services categories, supporting BAU and Reimagine transformation. Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities Category Strategy Lead the development and delivery of Strategic Category Plans (SCPs), ensuring creation, alignment, and compliance. Conduct detailed spend analytics, demand modelling, and market intelligence assessments. Translate business needs into actionable category strategies. Define long‑term category roadmaps including supplier segmentation and maturity progression. Identify, assess, and rationalise the supplier base. Lead cross‑functional category governance, including Consultancy Category Boards. Promote early stakeholder engagement and strategic procurement planning. Identify and drive continuous improvements in category management maturity. Sourcing Lead...

Internal Communications & Engagement Specialist Certain Advantage are hiring on behalf of our globally renowned brand for an internal communications specialist to take responsibility for shaping and delivering a clear, engaging, and strategically aligned communications approach across an internal business function. This is a contract position inside IR35. The role is important and ensures employees are informed, connected, and equipped to support priorities, while strengthening culture and engagement through consistent messaging and strong cross-functional collaboration with their stakeholders and business partners, including IO Communications, and Senior Leadership. You’ll be expected to review and refresh the communications strategy and stakeholder map, measuring impact through feedback. You’ll be expected to deliver communication products on time and to quality standards, ensuring plans and events are delivered to agreed timelines. Key Accountabilities and...

Vehicle Programme and Test Planner Initial 3-month contract Certain Advantage are hiring for a Vehicle Programme and Test Planner based in Gaydon. Your responsibilities Evaluate new vehicle content and changes to identify the impact on Ergonomics and communicate to relevant stakeholders in the team to coordinate response. Monitor vehicle content and ensure that the necessary Ergonomics requirements are active in the central engineering test management system throughout development. Lead point of contact for Design Verification (DV) testing for the Ergonomics team; including organising availability of physical and virtual vehicle test properties, maintaining the team's DV testing calendar and central engineering test management system, and ensuring team are aware of upcoming deadlines. Ensure completion of the Ergonomics team's DV testing, including test reports. Maintain a clear and up-to-date summary of Ergonomics status and priorities across all vehicles and share updates...

Material Planning - Expeditors Certain Advantage is hiring for Material Planning - Expeditors in the Peterborough area. This role is on a contract basis and is office-based. The Company We’re working with a manufacturing business and a global power technology leader that specialises in generators and alternative fuel engines. Would you like to work with peers and stakeholders to support business goals? Does this sound like your next career move? The Role: This role is for Material Planning - Expeditors —someone ambitious and ready to make an impact. You’ll be results-oriented and driven to succeed. You’ll be working in a small, experienced, and collaborative team, and be responsible for: Validation of shipment plans with Suppliers, Maintaining a 5-day rolling shipment plan, Supporting inbound PO management and tracking shipments into different sites. Daily / Weekly review meetings.The Individual We’re looking for people who can show: High school diploma or certificate of...