Buyer

Buyer

A fantastic opportunity for a Buyer has arisen to join an up and coming Automotive Manufacturer in Oxfordshire, with a salary of £25,000 - £30,000. The lucky role holder will be joining a collaborative and busy team, in an Automotive Start-Up company! The company offers a fantastic working environment as well as the potential to progress within the role. The ideal candidate will have experience in Purchasing and Supplier Management in an Automotive Industry, or a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Candidates will have previous experience within Purchasing and Procurement as a Junior Buyer or Buyer.

Role responsibilities of the Buyer:

• This role requires stakeholder engagement at many levels within the company and with external suppliers.
• The role will be responsible for organising a number of high value and complex products, with impact across several key functions of the business.
• The role requires a high level of interaction internally, as well as a continual flow of high level communication with the supply base.
• Assisting with the purchase and supply chain of global production for specified projects through negotiated costs with suppliers.
• Raising and issuing of purchase orders in accordance with our production requirements and company procedures.
• Maintain accurate and timely data records and manage filing systems.
• Assist with issuing purchasing enquiries and carry out quotation analysis where necessary.

Person Specification of the Buyer:

• Extremely organised approach with good business acumen, experience of stakeholder management and excellent analytical skills
• Experience in supplier / customer relationship management
• Understanding of cost drivers in a manufacturing environment
• Previous experience in a similar role
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with teams
• Good IT skills including power point, excel and word
• Attention to detail
• Self-motivated with a can-do attitude.
• Experience of using Microsoft Navigation
• Experience of working within a Tier 1 Automotive environment.

Salary

25 - 30k

This role will be well suited to you if you have held a role within Purchasing as a Buyer, Junior Buyer, Purchasing Officer, Procurement Officer, Category Buyer or Commodity Buyer