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Job Role: Buyer
Location: Leeds (LS9)
Salary: £37k - £39k (negotiated on experience) + Company Bonus
Hours: 08:00 – 17:00 (1 hour lunch)
The Client:
Our client manufactures and provides world class building products into the Construction sector, they supply to some of the largest building contractors and SME’s throughout the UK they pride themselves on being the market leader in structural steel projects and can offer great working conditions, progression and stability to the right candidate.
Our client can offer amazing working conditions in a purpose-built facility with cutting edge design and manufacturing capabilities. Their head-quarters provide a modern and stylish environment to work, learn and develop.
Main Duties / Key Responsibilities:
- Manage stock requirements to ensure stock is maintained to required levels for selected categories.
- Raise purchase orders for selected categories.
- Manage and run tendering requirements for selected categories.
- Issue supplier framework agreements.
- Manage supplier rebates
- Provide regular management information on material supplies.
- Look for innovation and continual improvements.
- Attend regular operations meetings and provide live information of areas of risk within your supply chain.
- Conduct regular supplier review meetings taking into account areas of risk and opportunities for improvements.
- Complete service level / KPI reporting.
- Maintain document management systems for your supply chain.
- Complete supplier assurance requirements on new suppliers with your selected categories.
- Provide costing support for estimating purposes.
Job Dimension / Scope:
The buyer will work to ensure bought in products/material are available to support business demand and proactively manage the supply chain to drive down costs and improve supplier service.
Key Competencies:
- CIPS qualified (or working towards it)
- Excellent organisation skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across other functional teams
- Able to multi-task and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced business
- Previous purchasing experience within a manufacturing business
- Knowledge and experience of tendering and supplier management processes
- A proactive and driven professional willing to learn and develop
What's in it for you?
- Competitive salary & bonus package, salary subject to experience.
- On-site gym.
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays).
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Cash back healthcare plan after 12 months service.
- Staff Discount at multiple outlets.
- Bike/car scheme.
