Assistant Buyer

3 weeks ago


Swindon, United Kingdom OPX Recruitment Full time

**Job Title: Assistant Buyer**
**Type of employment: Permanent**
**Full-time/Part-time: Full time**
**Location: Swindon**
**Postcode: SN6**
**Salary: £24-28,000 DOE**

**Hours**

**Monday - Friday 8.00 - 17.00 or 9.00-18.00**

**Benefits**:

- **Competitive salary**:

- **Company Pension**:

- **Excellent company culture**:

- **Successful/growing business**:

- **Social Events**

**Company**

**My client manufacture and supply high quality Street Furniture to all sectors of the built environment. They specialise in the Education sector and their Quality Street Furniture solutions are manufactured to order in the UK, with a comprehensive product range that matches all specific project needs.**

**YOU MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE OF SAGE 50 TO BE CONSIDERED**
- Raise orders & Purchase goods, materials, components, or services in line with specified cost and quality
- Progress chasing of purchase orders and providing updates at weekly meetings
- Help negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business
- Review opportunities to make project/company wide savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
- Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate and supply problems which may impact on the project
- Work closely with the Procurement Manager to ensure timely supply of goods
- Assist with the analysis on costs, new and existing, and review cost reduction activities
- Assist with reports and updates as and when required
- Analysis stock levels to determine appropriate order schedules for Procurement Manager to review
- Assist with contacting suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues
- Ensure compliance to company guidelines, purchasing policies and procedures during supplier negotiations and contracts award process.
- Allocation of components on to Sage 50 following the internal Drawing Information Pack
- Scan delivery notes and book in goods received using Sage 50.
- Create GRN and following Goods In procedure for COSHH
- Manage and maintain pallet photos into project folders
- Creation of Delivery notes for goods being dispatch directly to site
- Assistant Production with Planning and arranging logistics for shipping to the site within budgets
- Following all the requirements of the Langley Health and Safety policies and procedures; contributing to achieving objectives
- Understanding your role within the Langley Quality Management System, aiming to improve performance and achieve objectives
- Carry out any other duties as reasonably required

**Skills, Attitude and Behaviour**

Essential
- Accurate and strong attention to detail.

Ability to multitask, prioritise and make timely decisions. Ability to negotiate and achieve goals

Excellent written and verbal communication skills Proficient in MS Office

Ability to cope under pressure and adapt to situations

Nice to have
- Experience in purchasing environment

A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role

Understanding of general finance and budgeting Level 2 in CIPS

**Salary**: £24,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

Work Location: One location


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