Buyer

Salary: £28.8 – £30 per hour

Buyer
Based in Bedfordshire

Salary: Commensurate with Experience

Overview:
Buyer, Working with Engineering and Operations teams to arrange timely supply of approved materials at cost effective prices whilst maintaining quality and delivery requirements. Aid in negotiating supply contracts and in drafting terms and conditions for suppliers. Support the Purchasing Manager in maintaining strong relationships with new and existing suppliers to develop robust and efficient supply chains. Key to the success in the role is the maintenance and operation of the company’s ERP system. (SAP)

Key Responsibilities:

· Assist the Purchasing Manager with maintaining strong relationships with new and existing suppliers to develop robust and efficient supply chains
· Issue Purchase Orders for suppliers. Provides documentation on custom materials to suppliers
· Resolve differences regarding supplier costs, quality, deliveries and payments
· Ensure Purchase Order delivery dates are always up to date and reports any issues to the Operations team
· Review SAP daily regarding Material Lists, Traffic Lights expedite/deferrals
· Reviews Past Stock Transfer Order and Purchase Order lines and ensure On Time delivery through effective order management
· Validates Supplier invoices
· Review SAP and update Master Data
· Monitor Supplier Delivery and Quality Performance.
· Process delivery discrepancies and Vendor Rejects and raise Supplier corrective Action Request
· Assist with reviewing and adjusting Safety stock levels and raising Purchase Orders to replenish stock for Remote Sites including, but not limited to other client sites, business partners or third-party providers

Skills and Attributes:

· Strong Emotional resilience and tenacity to operate in a fast-paced organization and handle multiple projects simultaneously within set timeframes.
· Experience or involvement with MRPII/ERP/Advanced Planning Systems (SAP Preferred)
· Three years’ experience of buying raw materials within a manufacturing fast paced environment
· Broad end to end supply chain and operations process knowledge
· Strong interpersonal skills in order to communicate effectively with suppliers, customers and colleagues in all functions (Sales, Finance, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Warehousing and Production)
· Ability to work with minimal supervision
· Experience of dealing with international suppliers.

Desirable traits:

· Background in technical Packaging, Clinical Trials, or Pharmaceutical Logistics desirable.
· Fluency in a second European language in addition to English an advantage.

Listgrove is more than a global recruitment partner to its clients in the plastics, packaging, recycling and chemical industries. For over 45 years, we have supported companies with professional advice and successful HR solutions. All assignments are tailored to the client’s needs and delivered by expert consultants.

Why select Listgrove?

· Established in 1975
· Recruited in 68 countries
· Recognised International brand
· Exhibited around the world; in Russia, China, India, USA, Middle East, North Africa and extensively throughout Europe
· Global network of candidates and talent data
· Search projects completed across all functions and at all levels of seniority
· Access to a network of offices across the world

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