Technical Buyer

**Technical Buyer** Permanent Position**
**£30,000-£36,000, Excellent Benefits Including Company Pension, Health Cash Plan, 4.5 Working Week.**
**Hybrid Working Available**
**Chard**
**Category Buyer**
- Work closely with engineering and Operations to ensure materials and parts are correctly sourced in line with technical specifications.
- Prepare material enquiries based on Technical BOM and distribute to approved suppliers.
- Compile and analyse quotations from global suppliers ensuring necessary requirements on price, lead time and quality are met.
- Resolution of Technical queries; liaison with relevant departments and timely response to suppliers.
- Negotiate and commit purchase orders aligned to CME’s schedule requirements.
- Interrogation of bill of materials leading to sourcing decision making
- Negotiate and implement partnership agreements with CME Premier and Preferred suppliers.
- Update and communicate latest lead-time situation for responsible categories
- Identification and implementation of cost saving and working capital initiatives.
- Identify, qualify, and implement new and secondary sources of supply or alternative product ranges thus mitigating supply risk.
- Provide quotations in furtherance of spares revenue stream enquiries.
- Hold review meetings with key suppliers to discuss delivery / quality performance and ensuring that improvement plans and non-conformances are closed in the required time frame.
- Support Supplier compliance by liaising with the Quality Team to evaluate & monitor suppliers.

**Category Buyer**
**Essential Skills/Experience/Qualifications**:

- Relevant procurement experience within an engineering environment
- Experience in negotiations, both ad-hoc and strategic
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team.
- Experienced in developing partnerships with suppliers.
- Demonstrable ability to drive cost down and improve commercial conditions with suppliers.
- Good IT skills in Word and Excel
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to travel if required (estimate 5%)

**Category Buyer**
**Desirable Skills/Experience/Qualifications**:

- Desirable CIPS or MCIPS qualified.