Junior Buyer

For over 140 years our products have helped ensure the safe, reliable operations of key industries. With a passion for precision and partnership, Celeros Flow Technology continues this heritage of high performance and dependability, providing mission critical, sustainable flow control solutions for our customers around the globe.

Celeros Flow Technology is looking for individuals with a voice and a vision. We embrace change, diversity and promote new ways of looking at old ideas. We seek talented professionals to join our world-class team of innovators in a global, collaborative & multi-cultural environment, where you will be challenged, supported, and inspired to be extraordinary.

**GENERAL SUMMARY**

The Junior Buyer will join a fast developing and forward-thinking procurement team with a continual emphasis on providing best in class procurement support to operations and the wider Celeros organisation. Focus spend areas are wide ranging and will be transacted through SAP / Purchasing Card. The Junior Buyer will help develop procurement processes, ensure corporate governance and manage supplier performance, through expedition and also improvement tools. The Junior Buyer will need to be; passionate, agile, and committed to continuous improvement.

**PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS)**

Within this position of Junior Buyer key accountabilities are as follows:
To act as the focal point for all indirect order placement, processing purchase requisitions in a timely manner and in doing so ensure:

- All requisitions are signed and approved prior to purchase by agreed signatories
- Liaison with internal customers ensuring the requirement is clear and understood and fit for tendering with external suppliers.
- Assist the Buyers in identifying new sources of supply where required
- Ensure all Purchase Orders T&C’s in line with Celeros Supply Chain directives.
- PO placement transacted onto SAP or via Credit Card
- Continuous expediting of all indirect PO’s ensuring SAP & the internal customer are updated accordingly.
- Invoice queries reconciled and communicated
- Assist in department improvement projects
- Support Direct Material Buyers for expedition of materials
- Be responsible for day to day operations of vending, workwear, stationery supply and other general business requirements
- To administer various business support activities and be responsible for their accuracy in terms of execution and inventory levels.
- Administer KPI’s for the warehouse and purchasing department

**SKILLS**
- Strong Inter-personal skills and relationship management, Communication, IT including, strong Microsoft Office Tools skills.
- Will be trained in business systems as necessary ie. SAP

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**
- Basic understanding of Procurement within an industrial business, would be desirable, but not necessary
- A- levels/college qualification, but more importantly exhibits the desire to make Procurement a career

**COMPETENCIES**
- Adaptability:_ Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
- Communication:_ Clearly and succinctly conveying information and ideas to individuals and groups in a variety of situations; communicating in a focused and compelling way that drives others’ thoughts and actions. Engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
- Continuous Improvement:_ Originating action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifying improvement opportunities; generating ideas and implementing solutions.
- Contributing to Team Success:_ Actively participating as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals.
- Initiating Action:_ Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
- Managing Work:_ Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completely efficiently.
- Work Standards:_ Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

**PHYSICAL DEMANDS**

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

**WORKING CONDITIONS**

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

**DISCLAIMER**

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of wor