Planning Buyer

7 months ago

Craigavon, United Kingdom Cubis Systems Full time

Join the Supply Chain & Procurement Department for a high-growth global £200m+ revenue business with manufacturing operations within the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, France, and Germany supplying international clients. Our solutions-focused manufacturing offers a whole range of products designed to simplify complex infrastructure projects.

Our market-leading brands, Cubis Systems, NAL, and FILOform, supply smart, safe, and sustainable product solutions to a range of construction sectors. Through innovation, we enable construction partners to optimise efficiency and safety through pioneering products designed for simplicity, speed, and reliability.

We stand together to reinvent the way our world is built through collaboration on breakthrough ideas that achieve tomorrow’s solutions today.

**Position**:Planning Buyer

**Reports to**: Head of Procurement

**Role Overview**:The Planning Buyer will be responsible for coordinating and optimizing the procurement Purchase Order process, ensuring timely availability of materials, and maintaining an efficient supply chain. The role requires a keen eye for detail, excellent data and organisation skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Purchase Order Management: Review and convert purchase orders based on ERP demand forecasts and inventory levels of all sites. Ensure accuracy in order details, quantities, locations and delivery timeliness.
- Purchase to Pay Management: Adhere to P2P procurement process and compliance, ensure no blockage to invoice processing, work closely with inventory and accounts payable team to clear invoice on a timely manner.
- Supplier Coordination: Work closely with suppliers to confirm and track order deliveries, ensure data accuracy on ERP with correct Min/Max level, resolve supply issues, and communicate changes in demand. Foster strong relationships with key suppliers to ensure reliability and efficiency in the supply chain. Purchased Inventory Management: Monitor purchased party inventory levels to ensure optimal stock levels while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory. Escalate where requires ensuring necessary inventory control measures is implemented, prevent shortages and overstock situations.
- Collaboration with Cross-functional teams: Coordinate with internal stakeholders (production, despatch and quality control) to ensure seamless communication and alignment to procurement activities with overall business objectives.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements within the procurement planning function to enhance efficiency, reduce lead times and optimise costs.
- Risk Management: Anticipate and address potential risks in the supply chain, such as delays, shortages, or quality issues, communicate and escalate to category and management team where necessary. Develop and implement contingency plans to mitigate disruptions to the business.

**Experience and Training**:

- Proven experience in procurement planning or a related role.
- Strong Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in using procurement software and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
- Knowledge of supply chain processes, demand forecasting techniques, and inventory management principles.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Bachelors degree in business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy in procurement data and order processing
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities concurrently.
- Proactive and able to adapt to changing priorities and requirements.
- Results-driven and committed to meeting procurement compliances and objectives.
- Keen to learn and committed to continuous improvement.

**Essential Competencies**:
1. Ensures accountability

2. Action oriented

3. Manages ambiguity

4. Collaborates

5. Communicates effectively

6. Manages complexity

7. Customer focus

8. Interpersonal savvy

9. Builds networks

10. Being resilient

*This list is not exhaustive and will be reviewed in line with changing business requirements, a good degree of flexibility and adaptability is critical to this role.

**About CRH**

CRH (NYSE: CRH, LSE: CRH) is the leading provider of building materials solutions that build, connect and improve our world. Employing c.75,800 people at c.3,160 operating locations in 29 countries, CRH has market leadership positions in both North America and Europe. As the essential partner for road and critical utility infrastructure, commercial building projects and outdoor living solutions, CRH’s unique offering of materials, products and value-added services helps to deliver a more resilient and sustainable built environment. The company is ranked among sector leaders by Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating agencies. A Fortune

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