Senior Buyer

Links Recruitment Group are pleased to be recruiting on behalf of our client, an International manufacturing client, who has an established operation based in Ebbw Vale. Our client is rapidly expanding and are now seeking an experienced Senior Buyer to join their growing engineering team.

The Role:

• Ensure Purchasing Systems are in line with the Company’s requirements.
• Purchase Raw Materials at competitive market prices.
• Negotiate with suppliers’ best possible pricing & payment options.
• Manage Contracts with Suppliers to outline and detail pricing of raw materials and any negotiations in currency contracts.
• Monitor monthly raw material & currency exchange applicable to products procured.
• Liaise with Engineering to get best value for money in new products and work with Engineering and the supplier to get the best designed product to give the best price.
• Responsible for Supplier Liaison, selection, development and performance monitoring.
• Continual review of Cost reduction initiatives with supplier.
• Negotiate International Freight Contracts with Freight Forwarders.
• Understand import duties on components to ensure best duty rate for each procured item.
• Understand import procedures for goods imported from Global locations.
• Assisting the Cost Department in ensuring material costs for Sales Enquiries are accurate and up to date.
• Ensure ERP system is continually updated with costing information.
• Ensure ERP Purchasing systems are updated with correct information applicable to each supplier.
• Ensure tooling register is updated with all information relating to tools held off site at Suppliers to include photographic evidence of tooling and cost and condition of the same.
• Introduce, maintain and develop full supply chain systems.
• Work with Suppliers and Internal IT department to ensure latest EDI systems are developed with suppliers.
• Implement & develop new suppliers.
• Source new products.
• Identify alternative suppliers and co-ordinate supplier transfer.
• Maintain & improve supplier Vendor Performance, by monitoring monthly & tying in with the Quality department to work on improving suppliers with poor performance.
• Coordinate sourcing activities on behalf of and with Sears Group as required.
• Be pro-active and co-ordinate & implement Supplier Performance / Improvement review meetings.
• Raise Contracts and Purchase Orders as required.
• Monitor Freight costs against agreed yearly % standard.
• Implement, control and monitor supplier Material Price Variance.
• Attend meetings in Operations/Purchasing manager’s absence.
• Be proactive in attending outside training and improvement programmes.
• Liaise with Material Planning team to ensure delivery requirements are in line with Inventory targets.
• Liaise with Warehouse Management Team to ensure product is delivered in appropriate batch quantities, delivery frequency, packaging specification, and appropriate labelling to meet Warehouse and line feed requirements.
• Work with NPI Co-ordinator to ensure the timely delivery and approval of new products.
• Work with Suppliers to project manage new parts introduction from prototype to ISIR to production delivery.
• Negotiate Contracts with Suppliers in various currencies to get the best deal for Sears Manufacturing Co.
• Work with Quality Team to organise Quality improvements with suppliers who have quality issues.
• Ensure Supplier T&C’s are agreed with both parties and signed.
• Try and work wherever possible with open costing with suppliers on quotations and production products.
• Work with Engineering to get timely quotations for “Request for Purchase Information” tasks.
• Attend “SSP” meeting as appropriate.
• Work on Wind-chill system to clear tasks in a timely manner.
• Ensure any Purchase contract/ procured parts, recognises the impact of various legislation and 14001 requirements.
• Ensure Purchase Procedures are monitored and are up to date.

This list is not exhaustive and at times you may be required to carry out duties not specified.

Additional Information:

• Hours of work: Mon- Thurs 8.30am – 16.30pm (1/2 hr unpaid lunch), Fri 8.00am – 14.15pm
• 20 days holiday + 8 Bank Holidays (this increases with service)
• 6 Month probationary period
• Reporting to Operations Manager
• Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme after 12 weeks

Requirements:

• Deputise for Purchasing Manager with regard to all purchasing issues in his absence.
• Ideally CIPS qualified
• At least 3-5 years previous experience in the role of buyer/procurement
• General purchasing experience ideally within the manufacturing/automotive industry
• Must have the ability to acquire sufficient technical knowledge to ensure adequate product specification, quality control and supplier capability
• High degree of commercial awareness

If you meet the above criteria and believe this could be the right role for you, then please don’t hesitate and apply today or contact Tiffany on or email your CV to tiffany@linksrecruitment.co.uk.