Buyer

**Vacancy Name**
- Buyer

**Vacancy No**
- VN414

**Employment Type**
- Full-Time

**Location**
- Harrogate

**Type of Vacancy**
- Permanent

**Job Description (external use)**

**REDCENTRIC**
**BUYER**

**DIVISION**

**FINANCE**

**JOB LOCATION**:
**HARROGATE**

**REPORTS TO**

**HEAD OF PROCUREMENT**

**ABOUT REDCENTRIC**

Redcentric is a leading managed service provider with a rich end-to-end solution portfolio covering the spectrum of Connectivity, Cloud and Collaboration, designed and delivered by our own highly skilled teams from our privately owned, UK based multi-million-pound infrastructure. Redcentric has annualised revenues in excess of £100million, more than 500 highly skilled employees serving over 2000 customers across the UK.- **JOB DESCRIPTION**

AIM OF THE ROLE:

- The Buyer is someone with drive, a starter-finisher who can see tasks through; meticulous and someone who's not afraid to ask questions and take ownership. You will have a “can do'' attitude and take pride in the work that you do.- **KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Key responsibilities include but are not restricted to the following:

- Full end to end management of Purchase Orders and Buying/Sourcing related processes
- Management of key deliveries including liaison with Material and Inventory Control Manager
- Building and supporting supplier database
- Resolution of related supplier invoice issues
- Ongoing scheduling and order management
- Creation of SKU’s where needed.
- Expediting supplier deliveries where needed
- Analysis and action on supplier related data
- Supplier research and evaluation
- Managing supplier contract documents
- Maintenance of Procurement function SharePoint and shared drives
- Manage supplier onboarding process and documentation, along with due diligence and ISO audit records
- Supply support to creation of category management plans
- Supporting the Procurement Systems and Data Analyst across a broad range of tasks and operations
- Consulting with suppliers to gather required category information.
- Generation of key reports for the function reports in conjunction with the team analyst
- Aiding in the creation of Procurement Dashboard and Spend Analytics
- Building and keeping Contracts Database
- Management of Procurement requisitions process
- Conducting supplier negotiation on low to medium value orders as directed by Head of Procurement, but without supervision.
- Running tactical sourcing service as directed by Head of Procurement but without the need for supervision.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**
- **Experience/Qualifications**:

- A minimum of 3-5 years’ buying and administration experience in procurement
- Excellent Microsoft Office
- advanced Excel is essential along with Word and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be advantageous.
- Good data analytics skills and an eye for details and accuracy.
- Good commercial acumen
- Able to work at pace and process quickly but accurately
- Existing knowledge of data and information processing
- Project management abilities