Buyer

Kinetic Recruitment are looking to recruit a Buyer with immediate starts to work for a leading company based in Hawarden.

As the Buyer you will be responsible for ensuring goods and services critical to TMSUK business objectives are supplied in a timely manner.

Responsibilities
-Ensure adherence to all company policies and prevailing business regulations
-Develop sourcing strategies for all categories of spend
-Ensure best practice procurement.
-Work closely with the Planning Department to ensure channels of supply are at the lowest total cost, not just the lowest purchase price.
-Reviewing the supply base and in conjunction with the Supply Chain Manager formulating appropriate Supply Chain strategies.
-Managing the supply base and ensuring this is aligned with TMS's business strategy.

Main Duties
-Manage the day-to-day Purchasing team operations, in agreement with the Supply Chain Manager.
-Manipulating Dynamics 365 to maintain optimal availability of product for TMSUK needs.
-Advising the Procurement Assistants on best use of D365
-Maintaining all relevant cost, lead time and other Supply Chain information on Dynamics 365.
-Achieving the lowest cost of acquisition across multiple suppliers, categories of spend and location.
-Improving our Vendor Payment terms in line with ongoing business requirements.
-Establishing Contracts of Supply and Pricing Agreements where applicable for significant suppliers
-Identifying opportunity for supplier improvements, as in agreement with the Supply Chain Manager, negotiating these changes.
-Sourcing and evaluating new / alternative suppliers as part of our continuous improvement philosophy
-Establishing and maintaining good working relationships with Planning Department.
-Identifying training and development needs for the procurement team.
-Ensuring value added collaboration between departments, sites and business areas within TMS.
-Deputising for the Supply Chain Manager by attending company meetings, as required.
-Ensuring that processes are carried out to ISO9001 standards

Working hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm

Salary 30,000 to 34,000 dependant on experience.
Great opportunity to work for a very reputable and established company!

If you feel that you have what we need then please do call Carole on (phone number removed) or email your up to date CV to:
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Kinetic plc is a Recruitment Consultancy with over 40 years of experience of delivering staffing solutions to the engineering, manufacturing and technical industries.
Kinetic plc treats all applications with a high degree of care, we review all submissions and will attempt to contact applicants who match the job profile. Those that do not meet the specification may not be contacted but their CV retained to be considered against future opportunities.

Kinetic Recruitment Services Ltd operates as an Employment Business and Recruitment Agency as defined under the Employment Agencies Act 1973