Buyer

1 week ago


Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Optima UK Full time
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Job Title Buyer_
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Location Leicester_
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Salary £30K Per Annum_
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Mon
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The Role

  • As a Buyer, you are responsible to ensure the best quality, cost and delivery conditions to supply managing suppliers.
  • Ensure category is meeting business needs with its suppliers and conducting business reviews with suppliers to communicate the needs and performance.
  • Manage the request for quotations and supplier selection in consistency with the commodity strategy.
  • Identify/implement technical productivities (QVE), Supplier Change (COS) while working cross functionally with internal teams to move quickly and with accuracy.
  • Contribute to the purchasing database/tools updates by providing necessary information to commodity managers / supplier leaders/ purchasing assistant.
  • Be the first escalation level for supplier crisis management.
  • Communicate Supplier strategy internally.
  • To support the purchasing team through data entry, raising manual orders, managing invoice queries, communicating with suppliers and other general daytoday office duties.
  • To carry out the appropriate administrative tasks required e.g. raising enquiries, purchase orders, producing reports of a written and numerical nature & minute taking.
  • Strong, confident & professional communicator
  • Preferably from a manufacturing or engineering background
  • Strong interpersonal skills to interact with internal and external customers
  • Good teamwork skills, a willingness to participate as a full team member
  • Strong admin and organisation skills
  • High level of accuracy in input work and keen eye for detail
  • Problem analysis and decision making skills

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£30,000.00 per year

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Work Location:
One location
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