Due to continued growth and success our client is now recruiting in their Purchasing department and looking for a Buyer to join their busy team. This newly created role will suit someone with experience in purchasing and buying within an engineering and manufacturing environment looking for their next challenge/new role in a fast moving and dynamic environment and has excellent administration and organisational skills.
This is a full-time permanent role offering an excellent salary plus great non salaried benefits.
The successful candidate will be a confident and driven individual that can prioritise their work to meet delivery of tasks and works well in a team. Detail and accuracy are key requirements in this role.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop whilst working for a market leading international organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
* Purchase of materials in line with customer / company AML’s according to fabrication drawings and associated bill of materials.
* Creation of purchase orders in accordance with company procedures and in line with financial processes.
* Liaising with supply chain and project managers on relevant projects to ensure understanding of requirements, delivery, budgets.
* Identification of best value opportunities whilst keeping to required delivery.
* Provide support for amendments and ongoing management of the approved vendor list.
* Create works orders and identify when orders are required for stock items.
* Run stock item reports, monitor shortages and re-order as per agreed requirements.
* Own allocated projects for spare's jobs.
* Contribute to the creation of team KPIs.
* Occasional travel to supplier locations.
The person:
* 3-5 years’ experience within a procurement role
* Ideally CIPS qualified or actively pursuing certification.
* Experienced in purchasing within fabrication environment/electrical components/instrumentation.
* Excellent sourcing & negotiating skills.
* Good communication skills, verbal and written.
* Good organisation and time management skills
* IT literate (Microsoft Office), with strong Excel skills
* Sage experience desirable – training will be given.
* A strong team player
* Resourceful, well organised, highly dependable, efficient and detail orientated.
Commodities used to build our equipment include, among others:
Pipe/Fittings/Flanges, Structural Steel, Plate, Castings, Tubing, Pipe Fittings, Fasteners, Laser cut plate, Rollings, Machined components, Gaskets, Controls and Instrumentation, Enclosures, Electronics, Panels, Refractory, Paint, ACWL, Blowers, Dampers, Combustion Electronics, Cable