Buyer
Procurement
Nottingham
Hybrid
Monday to Friday
SF Recruitment have a great opportunity to join one of our fantastic clients based in Nottingham. They are looking for a Buyer to join their Procurement and Supply Chain team. This is an exciting new role to join a fast-paced team. This is a full-time permanent role which will have the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week. The salary for this role is up to £30,000 depending upon experience.
Suitable candidates will come from a Procurement background and have experience liaising with suppliers, negotiating lead times and raising Purchase orders. You will need excellent communication skills to regularly communicate with Suppliers and internal colleagues. The primary responsibility of this role will be estimate demand, maintain adequate stock levels ensuring suppliers meet their SLAs.
Key Duties
- Purchasing high quality products which meet the company's specification and budget
- Expediting orders whilst using negotiation techniques to improve lead times where necessary
- Building and maintaining relationships with suppliers
- Analyse market trends
- Manage stock levels ensuring product availability
- Adhere to and support all system requirements
The Person
- Excellent communication skills
- Previous purchasing/supply chain experience
- Knowledge of ERP/MRP systems
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Excel in particular
- Problem solver
- Analytical thinker
It is essential you have worked in a similar role before and have excellent communication and influencing skills. It is important you think analytically and can solve problems. You will need to have experience using MRP/ERP systems and feel comfortable using Excel as this is required on a daily basis.
If you would like further details please get in touch today.