Purchasing Specialist

5 days ago


Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Gripple Full time

Gripple Ltd, an employee-owned company, is seeking a Technical Buyer to join the supply chain team. This exciting opportunity is based in the UK and offers a competitive salary.

Job Description

This role involves working within the purchasing team responsible for supplying goods into our UK-based manufacturing plants. You will collaborate with multiple departments across the business to manage the end-to-end procurement process, from design through to tooling and sampling.

Your key responsibilities include:

  • Obtaining quotations and achieving best commercial offers possible
  • Conducting research for new components and sourcing materials to specifications and bespoke engineering drawings
  • Sourcing and onboarding new suppliers in line with company values
  • Improving prices and terms of business with suppliers and reviewing opportunities to make business savings using negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
  • Producing and presenting reports/information sets for both internal and external consumption
  • Providing analysis on costs, new and existing, and reviewing cost reduction activities
  • Applying a professional and consistent approach to all supplier relationships
  • Following all necessary governance/approvals related to procurement
Required Skills and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • Experience of working in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a purchasing team
  • Familiarity with technical specifications, engineering drawings, and scopes of work
  • Keen attention to detail, strong analytical, numerical, and IT skills
  • Commercial awareness and ability to identify and mitigate key supply chain risks prior to placing purchase orders
  • Experience in purchasing, price negotiation, and contract implementation
  • Ability to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with colleagues, stakeholders, and suppliers on a global setting
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills
  • Ability to manage and prioritise tasks to given deadlines
  • Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure to supply impacts the manufacturing process and customer order fulfilment
Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support your career development and well-being, including:

  • Competitive salary: £45,000 - £55,000 per annum
  • Share ownership scheme
  • Excellent initial and ongoing training and support
  • Generous holiday entitlement
  • Life assurance
  • Private individual health care
  • Permanent health insurance scheme
  • PAYcare health plan
  • Non-contributory 15% pension scheme
  • Enhanced family policy
  • Gym membership
Others

We are an employee-owned company committed to core values and behaviours, known as the 'Gripple Spirit.' We champion diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing, aiming to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and has a sense of belonging.



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