Buyer
£30,000-£40,000 DOE
Wednesbury
Office Based
Permanent
Monday- Friday 9am- 5pm
Are you a detail-oriented and highly organised individual? Do you have excellent negotiation and communication skills? Our client is currently seeking a dynamic Buyer to join their team based in Wednesbury. As a Buyer, you will be responsible for purchasing goods, materials, and services to meet the company's operational needs, ensuring cost, quality, and delivery targets are met. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working with suppliers and internal stakeholders. Join our client's team and make a significant impact on their procurement function!
Key Responsibilities:
- General and Task Management.
- Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
- Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations.
- Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities.
- Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organisation.
- Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers.
- Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities.
- Use of Sage200 and Sicon MRP resource and materials planning required to Prepare reports and updates as and when required.
- Work closely with others in the procurement function and review opportunities for continuous improvement and business improvements.
- Adhere to any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and well being of self, staff and visitors.
- Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
- Prepare and raise purchase orders and order schedules
Qualifications:
- Previous experience in a similar buying or procurement role.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of purchasing processes and systems such as Sage200 and MRP systems.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
- Ability to analyse costs and identify cost reduction opportunities.
- Highly organised and detail-oriented with the ability to prioritise tasks.
- Proficient in MS Office suite.
If you are a self-motivated individual who enjoys working in a collaborative team environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
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