This is a great role for a GERMAN or ITALIAN or Arabic speaking BUYER or someone with PURCHASING administrative experience! The company is a specialist business that is a purchasing "hub" for customers across the world who are looking for specific engineering spare parts. The Head office is in Colchester where the team will take orders from customers and then source technical products globally for dispatch. This is a classic PURCHASING or BUYING role in which you will be taking inbound enquiries from customers who will ask you to source certain pieces of heavy industrial equipment. Your role is to source that piece of equipment produce quotations, add a fair " finder's fee" and then liaise with the warehouses who will dispatch it Delightful role for a buyer with great admin skills looking to be office based and who knows a little about valves, pipes, gaskets and gaskets. Or for someone with solid after-sales experience in a technical environment looking to embark on a career in BUYING or PURCHASING
Job title: German or Italian speaking Technical Buyer
Salary : up to £35,000 per annum + 10% performance related bonus and full STUDY SUPPORT if you want to take professional CIPS ( or other ) qualifications
Team: Engineering
Language required: English (German or Italian are useful)
Flexible working : This is an office-based role
Location : Colchester in Essex ( Free car parking available)
Sector : Purchasing hub for international clients within the manufacturing sector
Hours: 8.30am-5pm
COMPANY:
This is a lovely role ! The company is a specialist business and acts as a purchasing "hub" for heavy industry and manufacturing clients across the world who are looking for specific components. The business employs about 100 staff globally and the Head office is in Colchester where the team will take orders from clients and then source technical products globally for dispatch. This is a classic senior level technical customer care and purchasing role in which you will be taking inbound enquiries from clients who will ask you to source certain pieces of heavy industrial equipment.
Your role is to source heavy industrial equipment and then liaise with the client and international suppliers add a "finder's fee" and then organise the logistics around dispatch. A lovely Buyer role!
THE ROLE:
You will be supporting customers to research the engineering spare part that they need, sourcing that part and agreeing price and delivery. Nice and straight forward role!
Speaking to the customer/understanding their needs
* Taking in customer enquiries & understanding their needs
* Doing the detective work and finding new suppliers
* Use of languages to source products from the USA. Europe and the Far East
* Creating quotations for customers. Adding a finder's fee to the quote
Finding the supplier
* Locating the new supplier
* Liaising with suppliers to understand if they have the item in stock and tier delivery time frame
* Negotiate and agree on pricing and supplier delivery terms
* Reviewing technical drawings (Gaskets, Valves (actuated and manual), Flame arrestors, Tank treatment) to make sure the spare part meets the customer's requirements
Organising the delivery /logistics
* Liaise with the warehouse to arrange all the logistics around delivery
* Post-sales buyer administration
REQUIREMENTS:
* Fluent English with either German or Italian or Arabic
* Car driver essential
* After sales admin support experience OR some buying experience
* Able to create complex quotations