A leading manufacturing company in South Oxfordshire are looking for buyer / purchaser to work with the purchasing team to ensure all direct and indirect materials are available on time and purchased at the most cost-effective price.
Ensure your allocated suppliers are performing to agreed KPI. Your will success will ultimately be judged on how well suppliers perform and the contribution to the business bottom line, through pricing and availability of material.
Main Duties:
1. Sourcing and placement of orders for contract and non-contract items. Using appropriate MRP reports and manual requisitions.
2. Negotiation lower pricing whenever possible.
3. Maintenance of Supplier details on the MRP system and review of supplier performance.
4. Responsible for monitoring supplier performance and developing improvement programmes.
5. Maintenance of minimum stock levels against MRP requirements.
6. Adjust component MRP parameters to achieve on time availability and appropriate batch sizes.
7. Progress chasing outstanding PO's in liaison with Production Control.
8. Assist Stores personnel when required including stocktaking etc.
9. Assist Production Control when required to progress work through the factory.
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