- Manage resources and activities required for the completion of high value purchase transactions, including sourcing, planning, and expediting purchase orders to support fulfilment of production schedules and spare parts orders.
- Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships, ensuring good communication is maintained between all parties
- Process purchase orders for capital and flow parts based on supply/demand situation: meeting customer's demands, forecasting (ie. Build Plan), engineering inputs, and other system signals
- Evaluate and drive resolution on material quality, price, supply issues, delivery and invoice discrepancies.
- Propose and implement job related process improvements, participate in cross-functional projects.
- 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
- 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
- Able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers
- Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills
- Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem solving abilities
- Able to manage time effectively, prioritise tasks and achieve set targets
- Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the production, manufacture and customer order fulfilment
- Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations
- Keen attention to detail and accuracy
- Familiarity with an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system would be beneficial
- Minimum 3 Years experience of working in a purchasing team preferably within an automotive or manufacturing environment
- Good knowledge of purchasing, negotiation, commercial understanding and cost breakdown
- Experience of working closely with suppliers, confident in running meeting with current and potential suppliers.
- Able to add value, reduce costs and input to business improvements
- An understanding of automotive processes and components would be advantageous
- Computer literate, with advanced Excel skills/abilities – SAP experience would be beneficial
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) or similar qualification or studying towards CIPS qualification would be beneficial but not essential
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Description
Production / Project BuyerThetford, NorfolkPermOur Engineering client based in Thetford has a brand new role for a Production / Project Buyer within the Manufacturing division.
Overall Purpose of the Role:
Purchase goods, materials and commodities to ensure that production operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality, delivery lead times, supplier penalties and ensuring continuity of supply.
Key Responsibilities:
Skills and Attributes:
Qualifications and Experience Levels:
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