Job summary

Successful engineering business require a Buyer on a REMOTE basis. Applicants need operational, MRP/ERP purchasing experience gained within manufacturing engineering. Comfort with REMOTE working, and available immediately or with short notice.

Key skills required for this role

Buyer, Purchasing, Procurement

Important

Buyer, Purchasing, Procurement

Job description

Successful engineering business require a Buyer on a REMOTE basis. Applicants need operational, MRP/ERP purchasing experience gained within manufacturing engineering. Comfort with REMOTE working, and available immediately or with short notice.

The Buyer will join a team of REMOTE working Buyers and Senior Buyers, reporting to a Head of Procurement. The role will focus predominately on managing the supply chain against operational procurement metrics such as OTD/OTIF. The Buyer will work closely with the company MRP/ERP system and liaise with technical engineering stakeholders in Quality and Design.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a rapidly growing and successful business on a fully remote, permanent contract. This role would be ideally suited to someone who is immediately available or on a short notice period.

Specific duties of the Buyer include:

• Raising and expediting of purchase orders
• Conduct supply market research and support assessment of potential new vendors
• Monitor inventory and stock levels
• Supply Chain Management against OTIF/OTD, cost, quality and delivery metrics.
• Ownership of supplier data within MRP/ERP system
• Support continuous improvement plans within the function

Buyer applicants should meet the following criteria:

• Procurement experience within manufacturing or engineering
• Comfortable with technical procurement tasks, BOMs, engineering drawings, quality/production liaison
• MRP/ERP literacy
• An understanding or experience working within oil, gas or petrochemicals - highly desirable not essential
• Comfortable working on a fully remote basis, and available immediately or with short notice period