Graduate Purchasing Specialist in London

Location: Ifor Williams Trailers, Boundary Park, Zone 1, Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside, CH5 2LR

Working Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

About the Company

Ifor Williams Trailers is Britain's leading trailer manufacturer, operating at six advanced manufacturing sites across North Wales. The company was established in 1958 and to date has manufactured over half a million trailers. We are a Welsh indigenous business, with core values that are important to us. We are proud to send trailers manufactured in Wales, all around the world. If you wish to join a team environment, where everyone’s effort comes together to make the final step, we would like to hear from you.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Graduate Purchasing Specialist, to strengthen our existing business operations and join our dynamic team of Buyers covering a range of Commodities including but not limited to Wheel and Tyre Assemblies, Metals, Running Gear, Suspension, Plywood and Hardware to drive procurement excellence. As a key and valuable member of the team, you will be given responsibility right from the start of your employment supporting the development and management of the companies Supplier portfolio of raw materials with the support of our Buyers and Head of Procurement.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the development and management of the companies Supplier portfolio of raw materials with the support of Buyer and Head of Procurement.
• Liaising with relevant colleagues across the Business in relation to current and new Suppliers, technical problems and general queries.
• Contribute to the Department improvement, protect and enhance the Company reputation, by putting new ideas forward and driving positive change.
• Sourcing of competitive material prices, quantities and lead-times: combining and analysing returned quotations.
• Analysing markets to make recommendation of change to reduce cost while maintaining standards of quality.
• Monitoring current vs historical spend.
• Ensuring the quality of the materials are in and maintained in required standards.
• Ensuring the continuous supply of materials, communicating any supply chain problems which pose risk or impact to business operations while taking a proactive approach to resolve.
• Identifying and resolving challenges with Purchase Orders and Goods Inwards issues.
• Ensuring invoice queries are dealt with effectively and in collaborative manner with Purchase Ledger.

Qualifications

• Degree 2:1 or above ideally in Business and Supply Chain Management.

Required Skills

• Demonstrate a high level of accuracy in work and attention to detail.
• Highly organised with ability to manage a wide range of responsibilities throughout your development process.
• Proficient in administrative tasks.
• A Team Player who thrives in a fast paced and challenging environment.
• Commercially focussed.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with Suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, hard-working & conscientious.
• Reliable & punctual.
• Ability & drive to root cause & prevent reoccurrence of faults.
• Flexibility to work at all group sites if required.

Preferred Skills

• Some commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Strong organisational, numeracy, and analytical skills.

Pay range and compensation package

• Office based
• 33 days holiday per year
• Work in a family run expanding business
• Company pension scheme
• Free car parking
• Ongoing training and development
• Length of service awards
• Employee benefits platform
• Job security

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.