Senior Buyer

Exciting new opportunity for a Senior Buyer to join a market leading organisation. Highly competitive pay and great benefits package. Broxap is a family owned engineering business based in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, established in 1946. We are amongst the market leaders in the design and manufacture of street furniture, shelters, covered walkways, and playground equipment. As part of our expansion plans, we are looking for a tenacious and professional Buyer to join our dynamic Purchasing Department. The Senior Buyer will play a key role in managing supplier relationships and proactively identifying opportunities to reduce costs.

What’s on Offer?

• Salary – from £45,000 per annum (depending on experience).
• Working hours, Monday to Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm.
• 25 days holiday entitlement plus 8 bank holidays.
• Free car parking.
• Discretionary annual profit share bonus.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior Buyer:

• Purchasing of products, using direct operational and strategic methods.
• Developing processes to achieve increased efficiencies with the procurement process.
• Negotiating best price for products and services to achieve the best possible profit margin whilst maintaining quality standards in terms of delivery performance and material quality.
• Negotiating with suppliers with regard to cost and performance.
• Working towards achieving the departmental KPIs alongside the existing team and also working on your own initiative where required.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Previous experience in similar Purchasing role.
• Commercial awareness is essential, both in terms of costs and also impact on sales deliveries.
• Ability to use and understand MRP system and the demands which it creates.
• Experience in offshore procurement would also be beneficial.
• Previous buying and/or project costing experience.
• Work both on own initiative and as part of a team, whilst prioritising workload is essential in this fast paced environment.
• Experience buying and costing projects within the steel industry would be advantageous.

What’s Next?

If you have the passion and skillset to hit the ground running in this Senior Buyer role, we would love to hear from you. APPLY NOW for immediate consideration.