At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage procurement activities and ensure timely delivery of goods and services.
- Company: Join CDE, a leader in waste recycling and natural material processing.
- Benefits: Enjoy a supportive culture with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with a focus on employee wellbeing and fun.
- Why this job: Be part of a team that transforms waste into valuable resources and drives sustainability.
- Qualifications: Strong skills in Microsoft Office and experience in supply chain or procurement preferred.
The predicted salary is between 25650 - 31350 £ per year.
CDE exists to create our best world through bold engineering in the waste recycling and natural material processing industries. We are always customer-focused, relentlessly innovating with a single purpose in mind: To create our best world, a ton at a time. CDE is the leading provider of wet processing solutions for the materials processing industry. Our equipment has applications across a wide range of materials and is delivering significant efficiencies in construction, demolition, and excavation waste recycling (CD&E), sand and aggregates, mining, industrial sands and environmental sectors.
Working across five regions globally, CDE has been co-creating with customers for 30 years to deliver collaborative, imaginative and unique processing systems for over 2,000 successful projects. We empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation, laying the foundations for the circular economy. Our people are genuinely empowered to lead and deliver highly strategic and innovative projects. Elevating our employees is vitally important to us and we do this on both a professional and personal level through providing opportunity and challenge to all and cultivating a culture that values employee wellbeing and fun.
Job Overview
CDE are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Graduate Buyer to join our Procurement and Purchasing team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing procurement activities with a strong focus on production scheduling and material availability. You will collaborate closely with suppliers, production planners and internal stakeholders to ensure the timely delivery of goods and services, optimise inventory levels and maintain alignment with production schedules. This role will support procurement operations through efficient transactional processing, data accuracy, and supplier coordination while developing procurement capability.
Key Responsibilities
- Transactional Procurement
- Raise purchase orders and process requisitions
- Maintain supplier confirmations and delivery tracking
- Update IFS ERP system with accurate order data
- Operational Support
- Expedite orders and support shortage resolution
- Assist with urgent demand and rework requirements
- Support Buyers and Senior Buyers in daily activities
- Represent procurement at project kick-offs, whiteboards, etc.
- Provide wider Buyer support while retaining responsibility for PO raising, expediting, shortages and supplier communication
- Supplier Communication
- Communicate with suppliers on order status
- Provide updates to internal stakeholders
- Data & Systems
- Ensure data accuracy in IFS ERP system
- Support reporting and system updates
- Maintain documentation and records
- Maintain supplier prices, price lists and agreed commercial data in IFS
- Support validation and updating of purchasing information for price changes and queries
- Maintain supplier and part master data, including general procurement system updates
- Collate data and prepare routine procurement reporting information
- Support general procurement administration, including filing, document control, meeting support and action follow-up
- Development
- Build knowledge of procurement processes and CDE operations
- Develop ERP/MRP capability and system knowledge
- Support continuous improvement initiatives
Success Measures
- PO accuracy
- System data accuracy
- Responsiveness
- Progression in role capability
- Pricing and master-data accuracy
- Timely completion of administration and system updates
Additional Responsibilities
- Represent Procurement in audits, reviews, operational walk-throughs and meetings
- Attend operational meetings, including Level 1/2/3 reviews, planning sessions, whiteboard meetings and buyer forums.
- Proactively support and communicate with the Operations, Planning, Engineering, Finance, CustomCare and Logistics teams, including prioritising information flow, updates and resolution of material shortages.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives across procurement and operations.
- Adherence to the Company Health and Safety Policy.
- Any other duties within reason and capability associated with this role
Required Qualifications
- Strong working capability in Microsoft Office applications, Excel, Word, PowerBI
- Experience in an Operations, Supply Chain, or Procurement role (preferred).
- Knowledge of manufacturing environments and planning processes.
- Understanding of Procurement principles, OTD management and supplier performance.
- Familiarity with NCR and other quality-related processes.
- Competent in cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong organisational and time-management skills.
- Excellent communication and supplier relationship management.
- Ability to interpret MRP signals and production plans.
- Proficiency in ERP systems (IFS preferred) and MS Excel.
- Problem-solving mindset with attention to accuracy and detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page.
Graduate Buyer in Cookstown employer: CDE Global
CDE is an exceptional employer that champions innovation and sustainability in the engineering sector, particularly in waste recycling and natural processing. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we offer a collaborative work culture where your contributions directly impact our mission of creating a better world, one ton at a time. Located in Northern Ireland, our headquarters provide a dynamic environment that fosters creativity and teamwork, making it an ideal place for passionate individuals looking to make a meaningful difference.
