Purchasing Planner

6 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Shenwick Recruitment Full time

Supplier management. Negotiating the most advantageous commercial terms including maximising rebate agreements and early payment discounts to achieve product cost savings targets
- Raising and placing purchase orders and ensuring that the production plan is closely aligned to supplier changes and customer demand
- Category pricing reviews and producing tenders when required
- Supplier performance analysis ensuring full conformance
- Purchasing - identifying best routes of source, yielding significant savings
- Competitively source new products and one off 'special' products
- Working with product design and Research & Development on product rationalisation
- Shipping cost management
- Management reporting is a vital part of this role, with regular reporting on supplier savings, supplier performance, impact on service levels
- Supplier meetings recorded and shared weekly
- Representing the company to suppliers, customers and others in a professional and courteous manner
- Minimum 3 years direct procurement experience within a purchasing team, ideally gained in a fast moving, customer focused business
- Good demonstrated knowledge of purchasing, negotiation, commercial understanding and cost breakdown/achieved savings
- Supply Planning experience, particularly around changes to supplier processes and timings. MRP and ERP systems experience, ideally SAP
- Ability to build relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers
- Assertive, resilient and welcomes change
- Proactive approach to cost saving and efficiency opportunities
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to negotiate effectively with all suppliers
- Analytical with strong problem solving abilities
- Team player with good communication skills
- Ability to manage work schedules and work on own initiative

The role is based at our client's site near Birmingham and is Monday to Friday (8:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Thursday and 8:00am to 4:00pm on Friday

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- On-site parking

**Experience**:

- Procurement: 2 years (required)
- Purchasing: 2 years (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Birmingham, West Midlands (required)

Work Location: In person


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