Balmoral Comtec, a division of Balmoral Group, provides surface and subsurface buoyancy, insulation and elastomer products and services to the global energy, defence, subsea communications and oceanographic industries.
We are recruiting for a recent Graduate for a Graduate Buyer position within the Engineering Department in Aberdeen.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE JOB'S FUNCTION
* Supporting the Supply Chain, the Graduate Buyer procures all project related requirements in a sound, ethical manner and in accordance with requirements to assure on time delivery to the end customer.
* Will work to a budget set by Proposals and will look to negotiate all request for quotes to ensure we procure better than budget but not to the detriment of quality.
* Purchases items consistent with price, desired quality, and requirement date.
* Expedites orders to meet on time delivery from suppliers.
4. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOBHOLDER
* Selects suitable sources, requests bids as necessary, evaluates quotation and makes final supplier selection.
* Verifies that Bill of Materials details are correct and complete and highlight to your immediate supervisor, any discrepancies.
* Negotiates pricing, lead times and terms, conditions and recommends best commercial options ensuring budgets are met.
* Capture and report to immediate supervisor any anomalies with BOM, budget vs actual costs, lead-times etc.
* Performs order expediting activities as required
* Liaises with Projects personnel highlighting any issues with achieving requested deliveries
* Establish and build good working relationships with suppliers
* Adhere to the Approved Vendor supplier procedure with regards to setting up suppliers on our approved vendor listing (AVL)
* Collate and prepare pre-tender documents to be issued to suppliers for specific tenders
* Review and report Scorecards for allocated suppliers.
* To be trained on a variety of supply chain group activities to able to provide absence cover.
THE JOBHOLDER
Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Training & Key Competencies
Note that criteria listed as “Required” will be strictly applied in the recruitment process – candidates who do not meet these criteria will be rejected.
Qualifications
Required:
* Graduated from further education.
Experience
Required:
* Experience within working in a purchasing department on all tendering and purchasing processes.
* Proficient at dealing with setting up suppliers on an Approved Vendor Listing
* A good Graduate knowledge and experience of buying materials and services.
Skills / Training
Required:
* Demonstrate an ability to effectively utilise resources, and the ability to plan, control, and take responsibility for own work
* A good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel packages
* Strong communication skills
* General office administration experience
* Keyboard and computer systems skills.
* Computer literacy.
* Familiarity with Balmoral Group business and systems.
* Familiarity with Balmoral Group products and services.
Key Competencies
Required:
* Good presentation, communication and people skills.
* Good teamwork.
Additional Responsibilities
* Follow QA System
* Follow Purchasing Procedure
* Follow company’s Health & Safety ProceduresResponsible for responding to demands of job (as required out of hours working)
Working with Balmoral you get the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment that is varied and challenging - with potential for career progression.
Please note that Balmoral is unable to support employment visa sponsorship at this time.
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