Buyer Fabrication & Timber/Joinery
Location: Middlemarch Business Park, Coventry | Salary: up to £40,000 | Permanent, Full-TimeHybrid: 3 days on-site / 2 days WFH
A well-established manufacturing business based on the outskirts of Coventry is looking to recruit an experienced Buyer to join their procurement team on a permanent basis.
The company designs and manufactures bespoke fabricated products and joinery solutions, supplied to clients across the UK. With a supply chain that extends across the Far East as well as domestic and European suppliers, this is a hands-on operational buying role in a business that takes procurement seriously.
The Buyer Role
Reporting to the Senior Buyer, you'll take ownership of purchasing activity across fabrication and timber/joinery categories, working closely with production, engineering, and logistics to keep supply flowing and costs controlled.
Day to day you'll be:
1. Placing and managing purchase orders for raw materials and components, with a focus on fabricated metal and timber/joinery categories
2. Running MRP/ERP action messages, managing open order books and monitoring supplier lead times
3. Coordinating with Far East and European suppliers, managing delivery schedules and resolving shortages
4. Negotiating with suppliers on price, lead time, a...