Technical Buyer

We are looking for a Project Buyer, who will be responsible for:

• Supplier Relationship Management.
• Tender / Benchmarking activities
• Identifying long lead and high costed items at project handovers.
• Material / inventory reduction management
• Liaising with the Production and Purchasing Manager to give live status reports and updates.
• Working closely with others in the department to identify continuous improvements to reduce time and cost.
• Managing projects from a procurement aspect from design concept through to delivery, ensuring material and pricing are to specification and budget.
• All other associated task to support the Procurement team as and when the business requires.

What you'll need to succeed:

Essential qualities:

• Good negotiation skills.
• Ability to analyse cost effectiveness and make sound business decisions.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities for multiple projects.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills at all levels of the organization
• Ability to work effectively in a high paced and demanding environment.
• Experience working with MRP & ERP Systems.
• Computer literate

Desirable qualities:

• Knowledge of purchasing concepts in a manufacturing environment.
• Level 4 or higher CIPS certification, a diploma/degree or relevant experience in a similar role
• Commercial experience in a manufacturing /buying /Procurement function
• Experience with Lean / Continuous Improvement activities.
• Ability to read and work with technical engineering drawings and specifications.
• Knowledge/experience with logistics.

What your key responsibilities will be:

• Raising purchase orders in accordance with the MRP demands, and purchase requisitions in a timely manner ensuring they are raised correctly with accurate information to allow the purchase.
• Management of supplier relationships on a day-to-day basis chasing delivery shortage and requesting best price possible to keep costs under project budget.
• Managing supplier performance through OTIF, cost, quality and responsiveness through business reviews, phone calls and supporting the Purchasing Manager with quarterly business reviews.
• Identifying/creating cost saving opportunities within your area, working in a project format to help deliver that cost saving to the business.
• Preparing and supporting tenders for new customer projects.
• Representing procurement in various meetings to support production and give updates on deliveries to facilitate production scheduling.
• Resolving invoice queries with finance and suppliers to ensure payments are on time, this will include amending orders and communicating with suppliers on any invoicing errors.
• Reacting to production demand change where required to pull in material to meet requirements.
• Inventory management, ensuring stock is maintained at correct values / levels and managing excess inventory.
• Raising part returns to suppliers for faulty parts, working through corrective action and remedy with the supplier whilst monitoring and recording each occurrence.
• Adhere to any Health and Safety or environmental company procedure to maintain safety for self and others around.
• Preparing reports and updates as and when required.