Buyer - Coventry, United Kingdom - Euro-Projects Recruitment

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Buyer

£35-40,000 + Pension

Coventry

Buyer in the purchasing and procurement team. Medium size manufacturing and engineering business in a European group. The Buyer vacancy will be focusing on operational purchasing of commodities, raw materials and semi finished materials.

  • Negotiate price and supplier terms to optimise both cost and value, and contribute to the company objectives regarding costs and price variance.
  • Manage supply lead times with suppliers to meet production plans and supplier agreements.
  • Seek cost downs, and assess suppliers against delivery SLA and quality/reject SLAs.
  • Work with colleagues to identify stock holding, obsolescence and end of production dates, and communicate with suppliers to agree end of supply dates.
  • Use tools like RFI and RFQ to assess suppliers, including alternative sources and new suppliers.
This Buyer job reports to the Purchasing Manager.


Salary Guideline:
£35-40,000 + Pension

Experience Required

  • Experience as a Buyer in a manufacturing or engineering business.
  • Good communication skills, negotiating dates and prices in a positive way to win commitment and agreement in the short and long term.
  • Eye for detail, and confident user of spreadsheets and or ERP systems.

The job's working environment, opportunities and rewards:

  • Professional, ambitious manufacturing company with motivated staff throughout.
  • Company with an established client base including leading UK and European manufacturers, and a growing order book.
  • Career progression for a person with some manufacturing, planning or inventory experience.

Reference:
IY.530QAF

This job is commutable from Coventry, Rugby, Kenilworth, Bedworth, Daventry, Leamington Spa and Warwick.

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