Senior Buyer

4 weeks ago

Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, United Kingdom Pelican Products, Inc. Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Buyer to join our team at Pelican Products, Inc. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the procurement process, ensuring timely delivery of materials, and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assist the Purchasing Manager in maintaining strong relationships with new and existing suppliers to develop robust and efficient supply chains
  • Build partnerships with suppliers and negotiate the best terms, prices, and service level agreements to ensure that the operations team can deliver to customers in line with expected lead times
  • Lead the qualification efforts on prospective vendors based on documented processes and vendor surveys
  • Lead the ECO process for purchasing, working with the BOMAG team to ensure that the ECO process is followed and completed on time, working with the buyers to ensure accurate and timely completion as required
  • Understand demand requirements and react decisively to resolve supply chain constraints, implement action plans with operational leadership
  • Issue Purchase Orders for suppliers, provide documentation on custom materials to suppliers
  • Resolve differences with regard to supplier costs, quality, deliveries, and payments
  • Ensure Purchase Order delivery dates and confirmations are up to date at all times, and report any issues to the Operations team
  • Review SAP daily in regard to Material Lists, Traffic Lights expedite/deferrals
  • Reviews Past Stock Transfer Order and Purchase Order lines and ensure On Time delivery through effective order management
  • Validate Supplier invoices
  • Review SAP and update Master Data
  • Monitor Supplier Delivery and Quality Performance, produce forecast information using various reports and feed this back to Suppliers through monthly meetings
  • Process delivery discrepancies and Vendor Rejects and raise Supplier corrective Action Requests
  • Assist with reviewing and adjusting Safety stock levels and raising Purchase Orders to replenish stock for Remote Sites, including but not limited to other Peli sites, business partners, or third-party providers
  • Follows company policies and practices as outlined in the Employee Handbook and/or applicable employment agreement. Follows safety guidelines and procedures in accordance with the job
  • Supports the buyers as required with monitoring of exception messages, outstanding Purchase orders, monthly forecasting meetings to ensure that operational requirements are met
  • Provides support to the Purchasing Manager as required to ensure that the Purchasing Team meet business requirements
  • Performs other duties and work on special projects as required or assigned by the Purchasing Manager
Requirements
  • Experience or involvement with MRPII/ERP/Advanced Planning Systems (SAP Preferred)
  • Three years' experience of buying raw materials within a manufacturing fast-paced environment
  • Broad end-to-end supply chain and operations process knowledge
  • Strong interpersonal skills in order to communicate effectively with suppliers, customers, and colleagues in all functions (Sales, Finance, Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Warehousing, and Production)
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Experience of dealing with international suppliers
  • Must be able to operate in a fast-paced organization and handle multiple projects simultaneously within set timeframes
  • Must have the availability to travel occasionally as required
Preferred Qualifications
  • CIPS qualification (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply), Minimum level 3
  • Must be proficient with Microsoft Office software
  • SAP
About Us

Pelican Products, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of single-use and reusable temperature-controlled packaging solutions for the highly regulated pharmaceutical, biotech, and clinical trials industries. We offer a competitive salary, company bonus scheme, hybrid working, life assurance 4x salary, salary sacrifice pension, group income protection, development programs, quarterly company events, and more.

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