Buyer

**Job Purpose**:
As a buyer you will be responsible for quality, cost and delivery performance for allocated suppliers, ensuring the purchased parts and/or services are supplied on time to support OE production and spares requirements in line with business system needs. You will also be required to support the internal MRO spares requirements directly or via 3rd party distribution contracts.
You will be required to lead specific supplier relationship, manage the introduction of new suppliers with the support of the SQA team, assess and manage the supply risks by identifying and implementing countermeasures to mitigate or eliminate the risk of supply.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Schedule, place and manage all purchasing documentation including, but not limited to, design data packs, request for quotations and purchase orders to support the business material demand and meet business financial budget.
- Attend internal supply meetings as and when required to support Value Stream forecasts and customer demand reviews.
- Ensure design data revisions are up to date with suppliers
- Manage Open Order Book in collaboration with suppliers and production planning
- Maintain Supplier manufacturing lead-times within business system
- Project and communicate cost variances, positive or negative, and deliver opportunities for total cost of acquisition reduction suggestions and plans to support business financial budgets.
- Resolve invoice queries with accounts payable team
- Organise and lead supplier business reviews to review and address supplier performance
- Maintain good working relationships with SQA team
- Collaborate across all business teams and encourage/present positive supply chain working relationships with key stakeholders
- Resolve invoice queries with accounts payable team
- Undertake supplier site visits as and when required
**Other Responsibilities**:
Ensure compliance to all business policies and procedures and where applicable offer suggestions for continuous improvement of processes.

Ensure compliance to regulatory requirements for suppliers, ethical trading standards and flow down of customer quality and delivery terms as required by the business.

Undertake other duties commensurate with the role that may be required to support business needs.

**Preferred Educational Background**:

- 5+ years of transaction experience in a purchasing role
- CIPS level 3 or equivalent qualification from a recognised educational academic board or equivalent professional experience.
**Knowledge, Skills & Experience**:

- Excellent negotiation, organisational and communication skills
- Commercially minded with an ability to deliver “outside of the box” solutions to commercial problems.
- Positive can-do attitude
- Total cost of acquisition analytical skills desirable
- Strong IT skills, including working knowledge of MS office and ERP systems (Visual and/or Syteline preferred but not essential)
- Ability to be self-motivated and a confident decision maker within business approval guidelines
- Capability to work independently and as part of a team cross functionally and within the function demonstrating respect and understanding.
We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us