- The buyer will be responsible for the procurement and management of inventory in a cost effective and timely manner. The buyer position requires a detail orientated professional, who possesses excellent communication and relationship building skills, coupled with the ability to work under a somewhat time pressured environment to satisfy production demands.
Client Details
- My client are a renowned award-winning business of solutions to many of the most successful and companies worldwide, employing more than 200 people in the west midlands and continuing its growth path
Description
- Key Responsibilities of the Buyer are to:
- Build and maintain supplier relationships, providing clear communication on day to day procurement activities.
- Liaise with wider team when making buying decisions to ensure the 'best decision' is made to suit strategy.
- Ability to liaise with customers as applicable when making supply chain decisions.
- Escalate issues that cannot be resolved within the wider team to the Procurement Manager.
- Conduct oneself in a safe and respectful manner, ensuring the ongoing health and safety of yourself and others.
- Ensure BC is kept up to date with correct and relevant information at all times (examples)
- Manage demand report on a daily basis to ensure any demand is captured and placed in accordance with MOQ/MOV/Lead Time information and receipts are being managed against changing demand
- Update/establish safety stock levels in BC against up to date/forecasted demand to achieve continuity of supply
- Work with teams on supplier rejects with a view to facilitating problem solving and corrective action and pending quality concerns.
Profile
- Experience with fast paced strategic procurement ideally from manufacturing
- To work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to establish and maintain working relationships.
- Engage in training/team building exercises to promote cross functional working
- Support/facilitate project work when required
- Demonstrate core values of the business
Job Offer
- Salary up to £37k
- Simply Health - Medical cover (cash towards dentist, optical etc)
- Death in Service and Terminal illness cover x1 Annual Salary
- 25 Annual Leave + 1 extra day to cover birthday plus Bank Holidays
- 5% Matched Pension
- CIPS support or any other learning post 12-week probation pass