Purchasing Manager
Full job description
James Newbury
Salary: £36,000 – £42,000 per year
Role: Purchasing Manager
Location: Dunstable, Beds
Salary: £36,000 – £42,000plus benefits
Hours: Mon-Thurs 8am -5pm Fri 8am -4pm
Benefits:
Pension
33 days holiday (inc bank holidays)
Potential company bonus (after qualifying period)
Free parking
Company events
About the Company:
This is a pretty unique company, leading in its field of manufacture and service in the UK and Europe supplying their products to all kinds of industries from hotels to hospitals, including the Shard!
They are a great, family run company with a really positive and forward-thinking attitude and equally, great values, always keeping engaged with the team of circa 75.
Duties of the Purchasing Manager:
* Identify and source products to meet demands
* Negotiate price and delivery with suppliers
* Work closely with internal teams to achieve business goals
* Build relationships with suppliers
* Conduct competitor analysis
* Plan and manage product ranges
* Research into alternative suppliers and parts
* Working closely with the production and service departments to ensure delivery of materials in a timely manner to help production run smoothly
* Stock management
* Provide procurement support for new designs
* Always looking at identifying ways to make the procurement more time and cost efficient, looking at enhancing administrative procedures and processes for example
About You:
* You will have had exposure of working with the supply chain/buying chain, ideally in engineering or manufacturing sectors
* You will be a great communicator both verbal and written
* Excellent IT skills are required especially Excel to a high level
* A great team player, always looking to support and assist your colleagues
* You will be confident in your ability to negotiate with suppliers
* Organisation and coordination should be second nature to you
* The ability to review and forward plan based on forecasts and production orders
* Ideally CIPS or equivalent qualified with a solid proven employment history of procurement
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Buyer to be part of a unique company and fab team. So, if you are that person, then please send your details to James Newbury Appointments now for review. If you do not hear back within 5 working days, unfortunately, you will not have been shortlisted, though we would like to thank you for your application and wish you well in your search
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