Purchaser

2 weeks ago


Bicester, United Kingdom Plus One Full time

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Work with the Production and Commercial departments to understand their medium and long-term requirements.
- Complete purchase orders as required.
- Update purchasing records and provide reports and metrics as required.
- Use the Medium Long-Term Planning (MLTP) forecast of upcoming requirements to ensure that components are available to fulfill requirements.
- Closely monitor stock levels to ensure the needs of the operations department are met without over purchasing stock.
- Balance stock holding with target total stock value and committed purchases.
- Look for and identify opportunities for cost reductions on stock.
- Keep lead times updates in line with actual lead times provided by suppliers.
- Understand how costings affect the business and ensure that standard costings accurately reflect the actual costings
- Build effective supplier relationships and support to develop these further by assisting with supplier review visits and attending exhibitions.
- Proactively expedite suppliers for updates on orders, looking at overdue orders plus those that are due within the coming week.
- Identify and inform of any supplier poor performance issues or any other supplier concerns.
- Work with suppliers to source and negotiate parts in line with specified cost, quality, and delivery targets.
- Work with suppliers, identifying works that can be subcontracted in terms of assemblies and box builds.
- Work with suppliers to rectify damaged and defective goods.

**Key Skills and Experience**:

- Experience converting sales demand and forecast information into a planned ordering/ delivery schedule.
- Understands how bill of materials and subassemblies work to build electronics-based products.
- Comfortable dealing with suppliers to negotiate price breaks, including placing purchase contracts and call-off orders.
- Holds suppliers accountable for delivering on time and in full. Is comfortable following up on late deliveries.
- Able to identify threats and takes appropriate action before problems arise. Forward planner to ensure supplies arrive sufficiently in advance of need.
- Enjoys working on own and collaboratively, with people inside and outside the Purchasing and Stores team.
- Can communicate information concisely to internal stakeholders regarding late delivery of components, understands the related commercial implications, and offers mitigation strategies where possible.

**Additional Information**:

- This is a full-time permanent role working Monday to Thursday 8 am - 4.15 pm and Friday 8 am - 3 pm.
- Hybrid working available.
- 27 Days Holiday + Bank holidays
- Group income protection insurance scheme and death in service scheme
- Smart casual dress code
- Discretionary profit share bonus paid in June.


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