Your newpany
An award-winning and reputable manufacturing business in Liverpool is seeking an experienced Materials Buyer to join their Procurement function to help deliver optimal value for money and successful foster and manage key stakeholder relationships. The role has be available due to an internal promotion, which has created a great opportunity for someone to join the team as a Buyer, supporting the Procurement & Supply Chain Manager. An award winning and reputable manufacturing business in Liverpool is seeking an experienced Materials Buyer to join their Procurement function to help deliver optimal value for money and successful foster and manage key stakeholder relationships. The role has be available due to an internal promotion, which has created a great opportunity for someone to join the team as a Buyer, supporting the Procurement & Supply Chain Manager.
Your new role
As Materials Buyer, you will be responsible for the effective spend management of £12m of both material spend and indirect spend. The role entails managing keymercial relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, so you will need to be a confidentmunicator who can easily adapt theirmunication style to suit your audience. You will monitor and track market rates for materials, and you will effectively negotiate with suppliers to agree terms and prices which aremercially viable and favourable, which deliver the best value for money.
The majority of the role is focused around raw materials spend, so ideally, you will have prior experience in this area of spend already.
The role is office based 5 days per week and the working hours are Monday-Thursday 0800-1600, and Friday 0800-1530.
What you'll need to succeed
1. Previous experience as a Buyer/Procurement Officer within a manufacturing or engineering environment
2. Experience of purchasing raw materials
3. Excellentmunication skills, both written and verbal
4. Confident at dealing with stakeholders of varying seniority levels
5. Able to confidently and successfully negotiate and influence others
What you'll get in return
6. Easily accessible via public transport or car, with ample free parking on site
7. 25 days holiday + bank holidays
8. Learning and development opportunities