Technical Buyer
Full job description
KBM Resourcing
Salary: £18 – £19.2 per hour
Technical Buyer – Contract until at least the end of the year with a good chance of going permanent.
An international engineering firm with bases in multiple locations around the globe are looking for a Technical Buyer to join their team at their Aberdeen headquarters.
Job Description
* Supporting the Supply Chain, the Technical Buyer procures all project related requirements in a sound, ethical manner and in accordance with requirements to assure on time delivery to the end customer.
* Will work to a budget set by Proposals and will look to negotiate all requests for quotes to ensure we procure better than budget but not to the detriment of quality.
* Purchases items consistent with price, desired quality, and requirement date.
* Expedites orders to meet on time delivery from suppliers.
Main Duties
* Selects suitable sources, requests bids as necessary, evaluates quotation and makes final supplier selection.
* Verifies that Bill of Materials details are correct and complete and highlight to your immediate supervisor, any discrepancies.
* Negotiates pricing, lead times and terms, conditions and recommends best commercial options ensuring budgets are met.
* Capture and report to immediate supervisor any anomalies with BOM, budget vs actual costs, lead-times etc.
* Performs order expediting activities as required
* Liaises with Planning and Projects personnel highlighting any issues with achieving requested deliveries
* Establish and build good working relationships with suppliers
* Adhere to the Approved Vender supplier procedure with regards to setting up suppliers on our approved vender listing(AVL)
* Collate and prepare pre-tender documents to be issued to suppliers for specific tenders
* Compile and report Scorecards for allocated suppliers.
* To be trained on a variety of supply chain group activities to able to provide absence cover.
Candidate Requirements
* Minimum 2 years’ experience within purchasing
* Experience within working in a purchasing department on all tendering and purchasing processes
* Proficient at dealing with setting up suppliers on an Approved Vender Listing
* A good technical knowledge and experience of buying materials and services.
Remuneration
On offer for this position is a rate of £18 – £19.2per hour depending on experience.
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