Assistant Buyer

**Location**:Melmerby, North Yorkshire,

**Contract**:Fixed Term Contract - Minimum Six Months

Whilst we are part of a global organisation, our Melmerby site retains its family feel. In this role you’ll work alongside the Procurement Lead and will assist with the hands-on ownership of raw materials in the AB Neo UK site.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Calculating material demand to meet daily production requirements
- Ensuring that accurate planning parameters are reflected in our IT/MRP systems and regularly review to ensure optimum materials inventory holding on site
- Raise and issue purchase orders (contract & non-contract) to suppliers
- Ensure optimum daily stock levels of each material are achieved
- Monitor daily variances and potential stock outs, investigating and troubleshooting issues to resolution, reflecting changes in the IT system
- Responsible for contract administration duties
- Interact with suppliers to obtain market and supply information, sharing with the procurement and commercial teams appropriately
- Negotiate on price and contract terms as and when required, in line with budge parameters
- Work with the central finance teams to investigate and resolve any supplier invoice queries on a timely basis. Be proactive in minimising invoice queries when placing, fixing, and arranging haulage.
- Provide cover and support procurement manager in buying, contract management, pricing, and reporting.

**What you'll bring**:

- Someone who has worked in a similar role, perhaps in animal feed or manufacturing
- Experienced in the end-to-end procurement process
- Previous experience of materials planning (ideally within the manufacturing environment)
- Seasoned in supplier negotiations combined with a strong attention to detail and able to establish positions of strength
- Strong organisational skills, comfortable with managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously

**Location**

For this role we are looking someone to be onsite five days per week.

**Rewarding your passion**

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits - these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

**About us**
- We're
- **AB Neo** a specialist business bringing together the expertise of four successful companies with the aim of revolutionising nutrition for all neonates. Bring your talents to AB Neo and play your part in producing affordable, high quality and responsible food for the growing global population.

We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.

**Application Notes**

**Agencies and media sales**

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.