A fantastic opportunity for a procurement professional to join a busy organisation as a Buyer

Key Responsibilities of the Buyer:

• Source and obtain materials, equipment and services, achieving competitive pricing without compromising quality.
• Provide clients with an offer that meets their exact technical and commercial requirements and is compliant, competitive, clear and comprehensive.
• Ensure full understanding of the customer needs and exact requirements before proceeding with orders or enquiries.
• Execute and manage supplier contracts in accordance with guidelines to optimise cost, service, quality and capital.
• Evaluate and select suppliers on the basis of capability, commercial, technical and delivery criteria against the client requirement.
• Negotiate key advantages with suppliers and obtain any resourceful information.
• Consult line managers with quotations and other key information to determine bid finalisation.
• Maintain excellent communication and rapport with all customers.
• Effectively check all sales orders against our quotation and suppliers' quotations to ensure the order is profitable and compliant.
• Effectively time manage to meet all deadlines, due dates and delivery schedules.
• Source suppliers using supplier database, file history and other in-house resources and make prompt contact.

Personal Specification of the Buyer;

• Proven Procurement experience.
• Engineering or Manufacturing industry experience would be preferred.
• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent IT skills including Intermediate Excel skills.
• Good working knowledge of MRP / ERP systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
  

This role would also suit you if you have held a role within purchasing or procurement as a Junior Buyer, Purchasing Controller, Supplier Manager or Commodity Manager.