Buyer
Position Overview:
Responsible for selecting suppliers and negotiating prices for materials and/or services required, so ensuring procedure of nominated materials and services are to agreed programmes by the most economic, timely and efficient means.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for maintaining assigned supplier relations by selecting suppliers and negotiating prices for material and/or services required, so ensuring procurement of nominated materials and services to agreed programmes by the most economic, timely and efficient means
- Analyze, negotiate and report supplier price changes
- Conduct periodic commodity surveys to obtain price comparisons; evaluate market trends to develop new services and create cost savings
- Responsible for forecasting market trends affecting material and service availability costs, raw material and products
- Select new and alternative sources of supply and in collaboration with technical staff select new and alternative materials and services, providing technical and/or commercial advantage to the company
- Ensure all purchasing requisitions and programmes are correct and reflect the current supplier’s lead-times, keeping management and user departments informed where changes threaten work programmes
- Identify potential problem areas and recommend changes
- Follow up on rejected material and obtain necessary credit
- Minimise the company’s exposure with regard to MOQ’s and price increases, obtaining the relevant authority levels
- Proactive liaison with other departments as necessary to forecast, plan to meet, and to supply demand to relevant quality
- Meeting health & safety requirements
- Ensure compliance with company codes of conduct
- Administration and reporting as required
- Payment terms negotiation, optimisation and management
- International trading issues/imports/legal, awareness
- To identify & drive continuous improvements within the areas of control
- Control and minimise excess and cost / stock.
This list of duties & responsibilities is not intended to be an exhaustive list of tasks performed. Other associated tasks are likely to be performed as direct by the relevant Manager.
Competency
- Ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Understanding of production processes and products
- Flexible and determined approach to delivering the customers’ needs.
- IT Skills
Must be professional, highly motivated, ethical, business oriented and innovative
Qualifications/Skills/Personal Qualities – CORE
- Minimum qualifications 2 A levels or HNC, or CIPS Diploma or equivalent.
- At least 3 years’ experience of Purchasing within a manufacturing environment essential
- Good Communication skills, both verbally, and written
- Good interpersonal/ relationship building skills
- Complete ownership
- Excellent attention to detail
- Numerate and literate
- Ability to work on own initiative is essential.
Ability to show proactiveness rather than reactiveness
Qualifications/Skills/Personal Qualities – DESIRABLE
- Ability to work in team orientated environment but also being able to demonstrate results working independently.
- Basic understanding of electronic manufacturing and components
- Membership of CIPS is an advantage
Please submit your CV to marta.williams@noSpamcicor.com
Please note that we are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.
Candidates must ensure they have appropriate right to work in the UK before application.
