MTrec’s new career opportunity

Our client are specialists in their market sector, this is an outstanding opportunity for a chosen candidate to develop and grow in a positive and supportive culture. They are looking to recruit a Buyer on a permanent basis.

The Job you’ll do

• Ensure continuous raw material supply to the site to achieve production demands, maintaining minimum/maximum stock targets in parallel with supplier lead times.
• Raise purchase orders for regular stock items, non-direct material and sub-contracting.
• Maintain clear visibility of purchase order status; identifying potential late deliveries and taking action to mitigate them.
• Expediting on a daily basis ensuring a clear visibility for the production team.
• Investigate and resolve any delivery discrepancies alongside goods in and stores departments, communicating closely with suppliers to root cause issues for resolution.
• Work closely with overseas and long lead-time supply base
• Maintain stock level values in line with targets set by the Supply Chain Manager with regular analysis of targets vs actual.
• Support the Supply Chain Manager with analysis of purchase price variations
• Follow and support development of procurement department processes and procedures.
• Ensure prices paid for goods and services are in line with expectation; challenging and negotiating when required.
• Support the movement of sub-contract material as well as the negotiation of sub-contract pricing.
• Deal with supplier invoice queries and implement measures and corrective action to prevent recurrence.

About You

• Experience working as a buyer in an engineering/manufacturing company essential.
• Experience of working with raw materials (Steel etc) advantageous.
• Able to use IT and MRP systems.

The Rewards and the Benefits:

• Permanent role.
• Excellent training and progression on offer including potential professional Qualifications.
• Salary between 34-38k.