Buyer/purchasing

4 months ago


Scunthorpe, United Kingdom The Work Shop Resourcing Limited Full time

**Buyer/Purchasing - Scunthorpe - £35,000**

The Work Shop are delighted to be recruiting for a **Buyer/Purchasing** based at a growing organisation that supplies raw metal and plastics based in Scunthorpe

As the successful **Buyer/Purchasing** - Scunthorpe you will receive:

- Salary up to £35,000
- Scunthorpe office
- Office based - 5 days per week. 8:30am - 5pm
- 23 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) rising to 28 with service
- Pension - 5% employee contribution, 3% employer (rises with service - max 8%)
- Free car parking
- Life assurance and income protection after 3 months
- Employee Assistance Programme
- 24hr GP service
- Discount portal

As a the **buyer** will be responsible for maintaining stock levels, in line with customer requirements and forecasts, whilst striving to meet stock targets as per the monthly MRP cycle. They will be responsible for managing their daily workload, with the ability to prioritise and organise. They shall work to cost reduction targets, whilst purchasing stock to allow for optimum return on investment in line with the company KPIs. They must work closely with other members of the Purchasing Department to ensure all objectives are consistently met.

Duties for the **Buyer/Purchasing** - Scunthorpe include (but not limited to):

- Negotiate with suppliers to obtain the best deal considering price, lead times, stock turns, supplier’s performance and quality
- Maintain the reorder point and stock levels, in accordance with average monthly sales and customer forecasts
- Reviews the Purchasing Reports and provides the Purchasing group with recommendations
- Supplier management including forecasting, ordering process, delivery and quality performance
- Assists contracts and general sales teams with supplier guidance and enquiries
- Review PO’s to understand if there are other alternatives available (stock transfer excess from somewhere else) whilst respecting supplier requirements
- Supplier research, evaluation & selection to continually strengthen our supply base and ensure we are matching opportunities with appropriate suppliers
- Works with internal stakeholders to ensure we are identifying opportunities to reduce costs
- Assist both Stock Control and Purchasing Assistants when required
- Keeps up to date with both the commercial and aerospace market conditions and influencing factors.
- Experience purchasing raw materials
- Ability to read, write, and fluently speak the English language (French or German second language desirable but not essential.
- Strong knowledge of Excel including VLOOKUP, Pivot tables, formulas, and index matching
- Understanding of general and contract inventory (GMROI); turnover rate; inventory service level, contracts and general; % of slow moving and obsolete inventory.
- Strong organisation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong customer service and planning skills
- Proactive and flexible approach
- High attention to detail required
- Team player

If you have experience in buying, purchasing and procurement and are looking for a position within a fast growing stable company please do not hesitate to contact The Work Shop today.

Pay: £35,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 3788/19


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