Buyer

4 months ago

Colwyn Bay, United Kingdom E Poppleton & Son Ltd Full time

**Introduction**
- Part-time or Full-time position - (25hrs per week part time / 37.5 hours full time)
- Our Office Hours for a Full-time position are 08:30 - 17:00 (Mon-Thurs) 08:30 - 14:00 (Fri)
- Office hours for Part-time position will be 08:00 - 13:00 (Mon-Fri)
- Flexible working hours can be agreed to suit within the office hours.
- Our Head Quarters is based in Mochdre, along the coast in North Wales home to many family attractions, places of beauty and near the beautiful Snowdonia National Park.
- To provide an efficient and effective procurement service to projects and the business.
- Ensuring that suitable arrangements are in place to ensure that beneficial rates and terms are established and maintained throughout the supply chain, adding value to the business whilst at the same time meeting expected quality standards and ensuring that goods are expedited to meet project specific timescales.
- Generous annual holiday allowance.
- No experience needed, on the job training provided.

**Key Requirements of the Role**
- Comply with Business (and where necessary project) procurement procedures.
- Monitor flow of material requisitions and ensure authorisation protocol is followed.
- Process material requisitions in accordance with the company's processes, policies and procedures.
- Interface with key supply chain providers and conduct performance reviews.
- Monitor expenditure to ensure that up-to-date cost information is available and known to the Business.
- Negotiate deals, terms, and long-term arrangements with supply chain providers.
- Expedite supply chain providers in a proactive manner.
- Prepare tender enquiries and pricing schedules.
- Co-ordinate the provision of pricing information to support the compilation of tenders.
- Represent Procurement at meetings (both internal and external to the Business).
- Add value in reducing internal spend and monitor/report upon benefits delivered.
- Work to drive the business procurement strategy forward.
- Perform other duties as required by the Commercial Manager.
- Share the responsibility of responding to external phone calls and redirecting them accordingly.

**Needs to Know**

**Relationships**:

- Directors.
- Financial Lead.
- Finance/Accounts team members.
- Operations Manager.
- Manufacturing Manager.
- Project Manager/Supervisors.
- Commercial Manager/QS's/Estimators.
- Engineers.
- Supply Chain Providers.

**Skills**:

- Computer literacy.
- People Skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
- Excellent communication skills - written and oral.
- Initiative-taking with good negotiating skills.
- Ability to influence and sound commercial awareness.
- Ability to be assertive when necessary.

**Knowledge**:
**Microsoft Office Products**:

- Word.
- Excel.
- PowerPoint.

**Experience/Competencies**

**Work Experience (Desirable)**:

- Working knowledge of basic plant, equipment and materials.
- Working knowledge of equipment costs.
- Electronic processing or order documentation.
- Previous experience/knowledge of procurement.

**Competencies (list below not exhaustive, training provided where necessary)**:

- Influencing / Negotiating - Strong negotiator with the ability and knowledge to influence the outcome.
- Budget / Cost Management - Commercially aware and focused on the management of supply costs and their relationship of budget allocation.
- Planning - Adopts an analytical approach to develop plans, based on achievable timescales.
- Deadline Management - Proactively manages workload and stakeholder network to achieve deliverables to committed dates/timeline.
- Analysis and Decision Making - Considers a range of factors and solutions before reaching a conclusion.
- Makes prompt decisions with a pragmatic focus and takes personal responsibility for delivering decisions that impact on the project and the business.
- Keep the project team fully aligned with all decisions and changes.
- Network and Relationship building - Recognises the importance of building and maintaining good working relationships with colleagues and customers alike and proactively manages relationships in an initiative-taking way.
- Team Working - Participates willingly and demonstrates support for team decisions. Takes responsibility for doing their share of the work.
- Procurement and supplier management theory and practice - Keeps abreast of the latest procurement and supplier management thinking including the use of best practice tools and techniques.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £10.42 per hour

Expected hours: 25 - 37.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

- Colwyn Bay, LL28 5BS (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: POPPS0224

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