Buyer

Based in the heart of the UK with a long and distinguished history serving the Defence and Rail industries, Transcal Engineering offer world-class fabrication to both UK-based and international clients. The combination of a highly skilled workforce and Transcal’s passion for innovation and engineering excellence allows us to offer comprehensive, high quality and competitive solutions for a variety of customers. As a result of continued success and growth we’re now looking to add to our already talented team

**DIMENSIONS**
- Raise and maintain purchase orders for direct and indirect materials to support production requirements
- Provide forecasts and schedules to suppliers where appropriate to maintain ongoing supply in line with customer demands
- Actively manage and report supplier on time delivery performance - fully utilising typical orderbook management protocols to ensure material availability
- Actively manage an open orderbook to control expenditure in line with customer demand and to support business cashflow
- Liaise with Logistics and Accounts teams to manage Goods-In discrepancies to an effective conclusion
- Monitor material receipts in line with schedules to help minimise Goods-In transactions error
- Expedite material shortages as required to meet urgent business needs
- Manage inventory levels, seeking opportunities to reduce inventory wherever practical
- Negotiate pricing and contractual terms with suppliers for new and existing materials and services to drive cost reduction opportunities
- Seek opportunities to install Kanban / direct line feed by commodity
- Identify and select new suppliers for materials as and when required
- Manage positive supplier partnership-based relationships
- Focussing on “best practice”, strive for and drive measurable process improvement opportunities

**Qualifications**
- ‘A’ level qualification or equivalent essential
- Degree qualified preferable
- CIPS qualified or working towards

**Previous experience**

**ESSENTIAL**
- Minimum 1-3 years’ experience in the same role and in a similar environment
- Aptitude for figures and experience with managing a budget
- Experience of developing and implementing Purchasing processes and procedures which drive improvements in material availability and inventory levels
- Experience of working with an ERP system

**DESIRABLE**
- Previous experience with negotiating

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Pershore: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Buyer: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person