Buyer - St Helens, United Kingdom - Morgan Ryder
Description
During a period of continued growth and acquisition for this bespoke protective equipment manufacturer, there is now an opportunity for a proactive purchasing professional to join the team to support purchasing development at their site in St Helens.
Reporting into the Purchasing Manager, key responsibilities as Buyer will be to:- Negotiate favourable terms for the business with new and existing suppliers.
- Purchase goods, raw materials and services to meet cost, quality and delivery targets.
- Identify and improve current transactional processes within the purchasing function.
- Reduce inventory and improve supplier lead times.
- Drive supplier improvement activity for delivery, quality and cost.
- Prepare and raise purchase orders.
- Implement and report on supplier performance measures, identifying risk to supply chain and work to resolve.
- Compile data relating to supplier performance.
- Have purchasing experience gained within manufacturing.
- Have a proactive approach to supplier negotiations.
- Be able to build strong relationships with suppliers.
- Ideally be CIPS qualified or willing to study.
- Have excellent interpersonal and influencing skills.
On offer:
- A salary to £42,000
- 9% Pension Scheme
- 31 days holiday
- 37 hour working week
- 1pm finish on Friday
- Medical Scheme
- Excellent progression and development potential.
At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.
We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.
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