Buyer Manufacturing

**Buyer - Manufacturing and Production environment**
**The Opportunity:
**A superb opportunity for an experienced Buyer who enjoys dealing with all aspects of **purchasing**.Working within this busy **manufacturing / engineering** environment, your **buying**responsibilities willinclude **sourcing of new suppliers, contract negotiation, expediting and ensuring stock availability** to allow production to be optimised.You will need to be computer literate with a strong knowledgeof Microsoft Office (in particular **Excel**) and **POP systems**. It is essential that you offer **purchasing **experience within a manufacturing or production business, and have an understanding of MRP, expediting orders and an awareness of bills of materials and production requirements driven through them.
**Key Responsibilities**:

- To motivate, on behalf of the Company, effective supplier relationships, balancing security of supply, cost effectiveness, commitment, and access to market innovation
- To manage a range of suppliers, ensuring timely supply of the right components are delivered at the right price, right time and right place
- To lead and execute tendering, negotiating, contracting and contract management activities which represent best value for money for the Company
- To develop, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with suppliers
- To conduct and manage supplier reviews; looking at long term supplier performance, service and full value analysis using KPI’s and balance scorecard metrics
- To facilitate the introduction of new potential suppliers whilst maintaining the strategy of reducing the supplier database through consolidation and leverage projects
- To maintain supplier data, including pricing, contracts, review meeting schedules and relevant supplier up-to-date information
- To visit new and existing suppliers, and maintaining good relationships with them.
- To produce reports and statistics using ERP outputs and other market intelligence inputs.

**Preferred Skills**:

- Experience of purchasing, supply management, logistics, manufacturing and engineering techniques & processes.
- Proven track record of purchasing services and supplies.

**Associated Benefits**
24 days holiday, increasing to 27 days based on yearly service, plus bank holidays.
Pension Scheme
Life Assurance
**Working Hours**:
8.30-5.30 Mon - Fri