Overview
We are based in High Wycombe (Cressex) and have hybrid working, which is 3 days in the office, with 2 days at home. Our working week is 37 hours, with flexible working hours and 12:30 Friday finishes.
Benefits
* Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays and the option to purchase up to 12 weeks more
* Employee Assistance Programme; including 24/7 telephone support, access to counselling, financial and debt management and access to trained legal advisors
* Private health insurance, dental insurance and life assurance
* MyDiscounts; save money with a number of leading retailers
* Car salary exchange scheme: sacrifice part of your salary in exchange for a fully serviced, comprehensive insured electric or hybrid vehicle
* TechScheme and CycleScheme: Purchase a bike and/or Tech or home goods from Currys/IKEA and spread the cost over 12 months
* Pension; all employees are eligible to join the Group Pension Plan administered by AVIVA
* Share incentive plan: Invest in your future and share in the success of the company by joining the share incentive plan
Development
* Encouragement and support to achieve professional and/or academic qualifications to support your development and growth
* Defined career paths and regular reviews
* Site purchasing of materials and services to ensure optimal cost and delivery
* Communicate regularly with key suppliers, learn about procured categories, and identify potential improvements
* Assess new and existing suppliers for relationship building or reducing business
* Work with Operations Teams to implement, maintain and develop Kanban, VMI and other JIT delivery systems to control levels of inventory and satisfy parts availability
* Prepare all relevant supply chain documentation for quotations, incl. SOPs & test documentation where applicable
* Provide early warning of supply chain component risks, highlighting these and communicating to management
* Participate in contract development with key suppliers
* Support supply chain to ensure new parts for projects are available for prototype, pre-production and product launch
* Daily review of MRP systems requirements, challenging messages that appear unusual
* Develop and manage vendor relationships with the objective of developing Quality, Cost and Delivery performance
* Distribute vendor Balanced Scorecard reports (Quality/Delivery/Cost) to achieve best practice targets
* Assist in MRB & Vendor Return process
* Build relationships with OI Group Operations personnel and other site Buyers
* Any other tasks associated with this role but not necessarily mentioned within this profile
Qualifications
* Ability to effectively analyse and present numerical data
* Good communication skills with people at all levels
* Excellent attention to detail
* Working knowledge and use of ERP or MRP for purchasing, scheduling, and forecasting
* Ability to understand and negotiate commercial terms (particularly price)
* Experience within a Buying role
* Growth Mindset; someone who exercises curiosity and enjoys seeking knowledge
* Commercial awareness
* Creativity
* Critical Mindset
* Acts with pace
* Self motivated; takes pride in their responsibilities
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