Project Buyer - Aylesbury, United Kingdom - Barclay Meade

Barclay Meade

Verified Company

Aylesbury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our role:

We have an opportunity for an organised individual to work within the Procurement Office.

The Project Buyer will be responsible for:

Supplier Relationship Management.
Tender / Benchmarking activities
Identifying long lead and high costed items at project handovers.
Supporting Material / inventory reduction management
Liaising with the Production Manager and Head of Procurement to give live status reports and updates.
Work closely with others in the department to identify continuous improvements to reduce time and cost.
Managing projects from a procurement aspect from design concept through to delivery, ensuring material and pricing are to specification and budget.
All other associated task to support the Procurement team as and when the business requires.

Who you'll interact with:

This role is working as part of a team with a direct reporting line to the Head of Procurement

You will be fully supported in the role by experts across the business.

What you'll need to succeed:

Essential:

Good negotiation skills.
Ability to analyse cost effectiveness and make sound business decisions.
Ability to handle multiple competing priorities for multiple projects.
Effective interpersonal and communication skills at all levels of the organisation
Ability to work effectively in a high paced and demanding environment.
Computer literate

Desirable:

Knowledge of purchasing concepts in a manufacturing environment.
Level 4 or higher CIPS certification, a diploma/degree or relevant experience in a similar role
Commercial experience in a manufacturing /buying /procurement function
Experience with lean / continuous improvement activities.
Ability to read and work with technical engineering drawings and specifications.
Knowledge/experience with logistics.

What your key responsibilities will be:

Raising purchase orders in a timely manner ensuring they are raised correctly with accurate information.
Management of supplier relationships on a daytoday basis chasing delivery shortage and requesting best price possible to keep costs under project budget.
Managing supplier performance and responsiveness through business reviews, phone calls and supporting the Head of Procurement with quarterly business reviews.
Identifying/creating cost saving opportunities within your area, working in a project format to help deliver that cost saving to the business.
Preparing and supporting tenders for new customer projects.
Representing Procurement in various meetings to support Production and give updates on deliveries to facilitate production scheduling.
Resolving invoice queries with finance and suppliers to ensure payments are on time, this will include amending orders and communicating with suppliers on any invoicing errors.
Reacting to production demand change where required to pull in material to meet requirements.
Support inventory management, ensuring stock is maintained at correct values / levels and managing excess inventory.
Raising part returns to suppliers for faulty parts, working through corrective action and remedy with the supplier whilst monitoring and recording each occurrence.
Adhere to any Health and Safety or environmental company procedure to maintain safety for self and others around.
Preparing reports and updates as and when required.
Arranging transport when required.

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How we'll support you:You will have ongoing support in systems and technical and training in line with the needs of the role and business.