Buyer & Procurement Project Co-ordinator - Ledbury, United Kingdom - Haygrove Ltd

Haygrove Ltd
Haygrove Ltd
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Ledbury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Do you have a minimum 1 year of purchasing experience, or at least 2 years within Supply Chain team? Are you looking to join an energetic and high-paced business as a Buyer and Procurement Project Co-ordinator? This role will cover areas from purchase processing to vendor selection and management, to liaise with engineers, logistics, warehousing, and compliance, to ensure that we give the best customer service.

Haygrove Ltd supply complex projects, globally, of polytunnel components and technology.

The supply chain considers many factors into sourcing the supply chain route to be best in class in terms of quality of product and service.

We are a Service and Supply Chain team that values our customers internally and externally whilst bringing efficiency and energy.

Our main UK distribution warehouse in Herefordshire holds an average of £3m+ stock, to consolidate and distribute products whilst also working in partnership with manufacturers to supply parts directly in the UK and beyond to meet our project deadlines.


Personal attributes

  • Procurement experience
  • Excellent interpersonal & communication skills at all level
  • Teamwork and Leadership.
  • Working under pressure
  • Attention to detail.
  • Enthusiasm for problemsolving/creativity.
  • Desire to learn and improve. Continuous improvement mindset.
  • Flexibility and adaptability to change.
  • Good professional values and attributes
  • Problemsolving mindset
  • Project management

Key accountabilities of the role
Manage supplier relationships and take on responsibilities of a Buyer within a Merchandising/ Distribution Business.

Covering all aspects to receive goods on time in full which will involve lead time management and supplier order progressing.

Working with suppliers to align and improve servicing requirements that will include efficient movement of goods compliantly for UK import and export sales markets.


Principle responsibilities

  • Closely manage and maintain positive and constructive relationships with existing suppliers.
  • Conduct quarterly supplier reviews collating KPI metrics on key supplier's performance, negotiations on service and costs to meet company strategies and objectives.
  • Liaise with key internal stakeholders on processes, following procedures to ensure there is sufficient cashflow, payment terms, stock holding, packaging, handling, and compliance to ensure timely and costeffective execution of customer orders.
  • Place POs with suppliers and monitor these through to delivery.
  • Support new part introduction, following controlled processes.
  • Daily system updates to maintain system integrity such as Vendor card management and pricing breaks.
  • To be able to review and conclude invoice Queries sent by Accounts.
  • Sourcing favourable duties for end customers
  • Complete RFQ requests from Sales Managers
  • Sales Project reviews for best supply to meet deadlines and commercial viability.
  • Costing tables and benchmarking exercises testing rigor in best practice on supply routes.
  • Planning function of Inventory coming in considering quantity and arrival date vs Sales demand /Stock Safety levels /Cashflow whilst maintaining consideration for DSI target.
  • New Supplier introduction following controlled processes including QC and Ethical Audits
  • Create, develop, and support SLAs with suppliers, ensuring they meet the business' needs.
  • Raising, actioning, investigating supplier discrepancies relating to your commodities.
  • Write Supplier Agreements/ Service agreements.
  • Upkeep, renew or update commodity strategies.
  • Monthly Review of KPI tool queries.
  • To be able to outline and execute a cost saving plan on commodities where cost saving needs are identified.
**The Business

  • Haygrove**Founded in 1988 by the Chairperson, Angus Davison, Haygrove is a profitable £100m+ business with cherry and berry farming enterprises in the UK, South Africa, China and Portugal. The business also has 'Growing Systems' equipment sale subsidiaries in Germany, USA, Mexico, South Africa, Poland, China and further afield, with sales in over 40 countries.


Listed in 2011 as in the _'Fastest 500'_ companies in the EU in terms of growing employment; in 2012 in the Sunday Times 'Fastest growing in international sales in the UK'; and in 2017 as Herefordshire and Worcestershire's 'Exporter of the Year'; this medium-sized practical business is exciting, complex, and in a fast fresh industry.

Growing at 20-30% pa and with international breadth, opportunity in Haygrove is never scarce. It is more likely you will be stretched than bored.


Haygrove selects its people carefully, and works hard to shape roles to individual talents, whilst always living the company values.

The business defines success in human terms, constantly seeking _to "create opportunities for great people, particularly those who have drawn the short straw"_, and measuring its' results across three bottom lines:
People, Profit and Planet.


Salary:
£26,000.00-
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