Purchasing Operations Buyer (Temporary)
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Wynyard
Salary Competitive
Jackson Hogg Procurement division are delighted to be exclusively partnering with Venator, based in Wynyard, on the appointment of a Purchasing Operations Buyer to join their team on a full time and temporary basis, initially until 31st December 2025.
Venator are a leading global chemical company, with headquarters in Wynyard, Billingham, dedicated to the development and manufacture of titanium dioxide pigments and performance additives.
This is a transactional purchasing role supporting multiple sites and managing spend up to the value of $10,000. Spend can vary across services, goods, packaging and logistics.
Benefits include: hybrid working of 2 days per week working from home and flexible working hours.
The Role:
* Create and manage purchase orders, covering the procure-to-pay process from validated demand, typically an approved Purchase Requisition, through to invoice approval
* Validating the vendor/new vendor creation
* Creating purchase orders
* Obtaining order confirmations from vendors
* Resolving any purchasing invoice queries including vendor master data and price mismatches
* Running SAP Requests for Quotation
* Selecting vendors
* Negotiating price and payment terms
* Execute site specific purchasing projects as required
The Person / Specification:
* Experience in a purchasing/procurement related role would be advantageous but not essential
* SAP systems experience is essential for this role
* Good communication skills
* Capable of resolving problems
* Good attention to detail
* Able to start work with immediate effect
This is an urgent requirement with interviews to take place in April and an April/May start date available.
For more information, please get in touch with Gemma Yeadon - Sector Lead | Procurement at Jackson Hogg.