Purchasing Operations Buyer (Temporary)
Wynyard
Salary Competitive

Jackson Hogg Procurement division are delighted to be exclusively partnering with Venator, based in Wynyard, on the appointment of a Purchasing Operations Buyer to join their team on a full time and temporary basis, initially until 31st December 2025.
Venator are a leading global chemical company, with headquarters in Wynyard, Billingham, dedicated to the development and manufacture of titanium dioxide pigments and performance additives.

This is a transactional purchasing role supporting multiple sites and managing spend up to the value of $10,000. Spend can vary across services, goods, packaging and logistics.

Benefits include: hybrid working of 2 days per week working from home and flexible working hours.

The Role:

* Create and manage purchase orders, covering the procure-to-pay process from validated demand, typically an approved Purchase Requisition, through to invoice approval

* Validating the vendor/new vendor creation

* Creating purchase orders

* Obtaining order confirmations from vendors

* Resolving any purchasing invoice queries including vendor master data and price mismatches

* Running SAP Requests for Quotation

* Selecting vendors

* Negotiating price and payment terms

* Execute site specific purchasing projects as required

The Person / Specification:

* Experience in a purchasing/procurement related role would be advantageous but not essential

* SAP systems experience is essential for this role

* Good communication skills

* Capable of resolving problems

* Good attention to detail

* Able to start work with immediate effect

This is an urgent requirement with interviews to take place in April and an April/May start date available.

For more information, please get in touch with Gemma Yeadon - Sector Lead | Procurement at Jackson Hogg