Senior Buyer

2 weeks ago

Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Macfarlane Packaging Full time

Senior Buyer

Location:
Grantham, Lincolnshire

Sector:
Packaging Manufacturing

Package:
Basic Salary up to £40,000 (dependent on experience) plus Bonus

& flexible company benefits

The Company
Macfarlane Design and Manufacture are a division of Macfarlane Group PLC.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Senior Buyer to cover our Manufacturing site in Grantham Lincolnshire.

Our specialist manufacturing division designs and manufactures bespoke protective packaging solutions for customers that require protection for high value products during transit and storage.

Our customers are UK wide and span a number of key markets including:
Aerospace, Defence, Electronics, Industrial and Medical.

Senior Buyer Role

Reporting to the Operations Manager, this role will support the manufacturing division strategy to grow market share through innovation, excellent quality and service within a competitive environment.


Key Duties:

  • Managing a large portfolio of suppliers
  • Sourcing and negotiating with existing suppliers, challenging prices where relevant
  • Ensuring suppliers adhere to quality, service, and best practice initiatives
  • Participate in cost down initiatives with production & logistics
  • Optimize stockholding volumes to balance cost/space/working capital
  • Managing performance of the supplier base
  • Initiating tenders, product enquiries and specialist project work
  • Purchasing of standard and nonstandard bespoke items
  • Carrying out supplier benchmarking activities
  • Reporting and statistical analysis
  • Support Macfarlane Group PLC procurement strategy
  • Maximizing profitability and minimizing risk to the Business
  • Supporting stock control and administration activities

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Our Benefits
We provide a competitive basic starting salary and operate a range of rewarding bonus/incentive schemes.

Our flexible employee benefits can include:
23 days annual leave (rising to 27 days with service) plus all public/bank holidays

  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Free parking at most of our sites
  • Employee assistance program to support & advise with wellbeing & any issues
  • Extensive range of training/development & potential progression opportunities
  • Employee discount scheme (discounts on several major retail/leisure brands)
  • Annual paid Volunteering Day
  • Simply Health/Dental Cover option or BUPA cover for qualifying roles
  • Enhanced HR policies relating to various employee rights & entitlements
  • Long service awards (540 years)
  • Charitable giving options
  • Financial support with eyetests/purchasing glasses (DSE users only)
  • O2 Mobile discount scheme (up to 25% off)

Your future with us
Here at Macfarlane Group, you truly have the potential to shape your own future and set your own ambitions. We are a large group company where internal promotion and mobility is a key feature of our success.

Through tailored career plans, we provide a widerange of structure training & development pathways, utilizing both inhouse expertise to share knowledge and the best-in-class external training partners.

There is potential access to management & leadership development, and we work closely with recognized,accredited bodies including the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) & the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS); so there really are no limits to where your journey within Macfarlane Group may take you long term.


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