Buyer

**Buyer**
**Initial 3 month contract**
**Flexible working hours**
**Growing Manufacturing Business**
**On-site in Birmingham**
**My client specialises in producing components for highly regulated industries including the marine, defence and nuclear sectors.**
**Buyer**
- General Purchasing administrative and non-administrative duties
- Placing purchase orders securing the required lead times, driving quality adherence and pursuing best cost for direct materials and sub-contract services in line with the business demand (MRP requirements)
- Issuing requests for quotation (RFQ’s/RFI’s/RFP’s) with focus on creating competitive tension between potential supplier providing the platform to make informed and sustainable sourcing decisions to support business requirements
- Identify risks in the supply chain with focus to resolve using supplier development activities or resource activities to support business requirements.
- Expediting / re-scheduling, agreeing delivery plans with suppliers, chasing outstanding items
- Handling PO revision changes
- Proactively address material shortages to strive for MRP adherence and report material availability issues in a timely manner to support operations and planning requirements.
- Ensure On Time Delivery of all items in line with the manufacturing plan.
- Pro-actively seek cost reduction opportunities within the supply chain through negotiation and / or competitive tendering.
- Ensure products / services are ethically sourced and to process

**Buyer**
**Essential Skills/Experience/Qualifications required**:

- Experience working for a manufacturing business
- Previous experience in a buying role within supply chain/purchasing
- Previous proven experience undertaking supply chain administration
- Experience of dealing directly with and influencing suppliers

**Buyer**
**Desirable Skills/Experience/Qualifications required**:

- Experience of working with and implementing Lean manufacturing tools and techniques

**Buyer**
**Personal Characteristics**:

- Strong drive for results, confident, motivated and tenacious
- Collaborative and a good team worker
- Can-Do, Will-Do attitude, determined to continually improve the business
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong communicator (Both written and verbally)
- Strong negotiation, influencing and persuasion skills