My client have an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Buyer to join their Purchasing team on a 12-month basis, covering Maternity Leave. You will play a pivotal role in continuing to drive Procurement Activity across the business in 2026. As part of the purchasing team, your main objectives will be to negotiate and place orders for machined components and other direct products, ensuring that delivery and quality requirements are maintained by suppliers to meet project deadlines. You will play an important role in supporting the department with the implementation of new strategies, policies, and procedures.
This role is open to full and part-time applications, with a minimum of consideration of 27.5 hours and/or 4 days per week. Please outline in your application what working hours and pattern you will be looking for.
The Company
* My client is an award-winning design and manufacturing business and world leader in packaging innovation and technology. They design and develop unique foil closures, and build cutting edge machinery that delivers, applies, and seals them to all manner of products. For a century they have built a trusted reputation for providing innovative and creative sealing solutions to the biggest brands in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and personal care industries.
Key Duties
* Supporting the Purchasing team in the procurement of all materials from the external supply chain.
* Ensuring that all procured manufactured materials from the external supply chain meet quality, delivery and cost targets.
* Identification and conversion of requirements from MRP, BOMs and drawings through to the receipt of conforming parts into stores.
* Requesting for quotations.
* Analysing quotations and selecting suppliers.
* Leading negotiations with suppliers to achieve cost reductions.
* Working with suppliers to organise the return of any faulty parts.
* Maintaining and developing relationships with supply base.
* Creating and maintaining supply agreements.
* Assisting the development of all key suppliers and maintaining supplier KPI’s.
* Driving forward quality improvements and compliance within the supply base
* Raising purchase orders
* Expediting orders, ensuring delivery dates achieved.
* Supporting and working closely with Engineering and Design departments on new projects and new concepts.
* Dealing with requests direct from inhouse mechanical assembly and precision engineering technicians.
* Support the Purchasing team in making improvements in purchasing processes which will ensure efficiencies are met within the business.
* Carry out any such tasks as required from time to time, provided they are within the competence of the postholder.
Skills/Experience
Essential
* Proven purchasing experience within an engineering/manufacturing environment.
* Understanding of engineering drawings.
* A basic understanding of manufacturing processes.
* Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office
* Experience in ERP/MRP systems
* Contractual and commercial awareness
* Full clean driving licence