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Jnr Buyer - upto 9 months contract, Reading
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Client:
Delaney Browne
Location:
Reading, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
5971ffb2806e
Job Views:
5
Posted:
02.06.2025
Expiry Date:
17.07.2025
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Job Description:
Our client is requiring a Buyer to cover a maternity contract for 6-9 months, but due to workload they feel this would lead to a permanent role eventually.
Overall purpose:
Purchase goods, materials and services to ensure that the company operational needs are met, considering price, quality and delivery and to ensure continuity of supply.
Duties and Responsibilities:
? Collaborate with the Supply Chain Manager and Purchasing Assistants to share out the purchasing enquiries.
? Promptly multisource for price and availability, collate information and seek approval from Supply Chain Manager before placing orders over 10k.
? Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
? Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications.
? Assess and evaluate suppliers and contribute to performance reviews to ensure contract compliance.
? Use Sage/Newforma to issue orders and record any price revisions or agreed changes.
? Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues and record relevant data in Sage.
? Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organisation.
? Check off supplier invoices and clarify all discrepancies to ensure prompt supplier payment.
? Complete Purchasing reports as requested and update internal pricing spreadsheets.
? Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities. Keep CMs informed so they do not need to chase up, use initiative to help support CMs and deal with queries in the timely manner.
? Conduct research for new components and suppliers.
? Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations.
? Adhere to any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of self, staff and visitors
? Ensure compliance to company policies, guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures including planning your time, responding to emails and phone calls promptly, submitting timesheets, attending staff meetings and team meetings.
Job Title
Junior Buyer Report To
Head of Procurement
Place of Work Hybrid. Reading Head Office, On-sites and Remote Hours of Work
7:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday Leave
23 Days + Bank Holidays
Key Performance Indicators:
? Required goods delivered on time, to the project specification and within the budget.
Qualifications:
? Studying towards CIPS or similar qualification would be beneficial
? Full driving license
Experience:
? Previous experience of working in a purchasing team preferably within construction or manufacturing environment
? Good knowledge of purchasing, negotiation, commercial understanding and cost breakdown
Skills
• Assertive, resilient and welcomes change
• Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problemsolving abilities
• Able to manage time effectively, prioritise tasks and achieve set targets
• Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the production, manufacture and customer order fulfilment
• Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy
• Computer literate, with Excel and Sage skills
• Able to read technical drawings
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