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Our Engineering client based in Thetford has a brand new role for a Buyer within the Manufacturing division.
Overall Purpose of the Role:
Purchase goods, materials and commodities to ensure that production operational needs are met, taking into account price, quality, delivery lead times, supplier penalties and ensuring continuity of supply.
Key Responsibilities:
Manage resources and activities required for the completion of high value purchase transactions, including sourcing, planning, and expediting purchase orders to support fulfilment of production schedules and spare parts orders.
Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships, ensuring good communication is maintained between all parties
Process purchase orders for capital and flow parts based on supply/demand situation: meeting customers demands, forecasting (ie. Build Plan), engineering inputs, and other system signals
Evaluate and drive resolution on material quality, price, supply issues, delivery and invoice discrepancies.
Propose and implement job related process improvements, participate in cross-functional projects.
Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations
Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities
Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organisation
Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
Skills and Attributes:
Able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers
Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills
Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem solving abilities
Able to manage time effectively, prioritise tasks and achieve set targets
Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the production, manufacture and customer order fulfilment
Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations
Keen attention to detail and accuracy
Familiarity with an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system would be beneficial
Qualifications and Experience Levels:
Minimum 3 Years experience of working in a purchasing team preferably within an automotive or manufacturing environment
Good knowledge of purchasing, negotiation, commercial understanding and cost breakdown
Experience of working closely with suppliers, confident in running meeting with current and potential suppliers.
Able to add value, reduce costs and input to business improvements
An understanding of automotive processes and components would be advantageous
Computer literate, with advanced Excel skills/abilities SAP experience would be beneficial
Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) or similar qualification or studying towards CIPS qualification would be beneficial but not essential
