Senior Buyer

This role will suit an experienced, resourceful and solutions focused Purchasing or Buying professional looking to make a bigger impact in a scaling SME.

**Top reasons to join this Client**:

- Starting Basic Salary to 65k.
- Bonus Scheme.
- Hybrid working pattern (4 days at HQ, 1 day working from home).
- Significantly impact this ambitious business joining at an exciting stage in their growth.
- Crucial role; in achieving operational target of ‘on time in full every time’.
- Rewarding blend of: managing, improving day to day, critical projects, implementing new ideas.
- Prestigious well-established designer, manufacturer and trade supplier.
- Work closely with Head of Procurement, Operations & Project Management.
- Collaborative team approach, flat management structure and fast paced company culture.
- Strong investment in employees, one direct report.

**Package**:

- Monday to Friday 7.30am-4.30pm / 8am-5pm.
- Pension, 22 days holiday + Christmas Shut Down off.
- Location: Crawley Head Office.

**Core responsibilities will typically include**:

- Managing the full P2P process (Raising orders, acknowledgement, queries resolution).
- Ensure availability of consumables and selected stock items (SKU’S)
- Point of escalation for chasing and expediting orders with suppliers.
- Obtaining and processing purchase requests.
- Requesting purchase proposals and assessing quotes.
- Assessing orders for quality.
- Ensuring the optimum maintenance of data in the ERP (price, dates, quantities)
- Liaise daily with Operations, Project and Warehouse.

**Expected Qualifications, Skills & Experience**:

- Relevant purchasing experience in a B2B product business.
- Experience of purchasing for projects taking materials from BOM's / BOQ'S.
- Stock control, cost control and pricing.
- Supplier evaluation and performance.
- Competent on MS Office Suite, ability to work with ERP software.
- Outstanding attention to detail, comfortable working to tight deadlines.
- Natural communicator, with the ability to build trust, customer centric.