Buyer

1 week ago

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, United Kingdom Ricardo Full time £30,000 - £40,000 per year

Overview
Role:
Buyer

Location:
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Role ID:

Salary:
£30,000 - £40,000 per annum plus benefits

Ricardo in Leamington Spa are seeking a buyer to support the purchasing of high value, technically complex, low volume components and raw materials. Come and join a team of high-performing professionals who not only achieve consistently for the business but also have a great team dynamic. For those wanting it, we can offer CIPS training and clear career progression. For everyone we offer regular 1:1 coaching to achieve your best, a caring and nurturing team, on-site catering, canal-side lunch-time walks if you wish, Friday afternoons off and a host of other benefits.

Key Responsibilities

  • Purchasing of high value, technically complex, low volume components and raw materials, including monitoring of on-time delivery
  • Reporting according to required departmental KPI measures
  • Daily expediting to achieve excellent OTIF and avoid any parts supply issues
  • Negotiating on price and terms with suppliers
  • Assisting with material forecasting based on data analysis

Key
competencies, experience and behaviours

  • Meticulous attention to detail is really important
  • Persistence in resolving issues
  • Purchasing/procurement experience
  • Problem solving, analytical and listening skills
  • GCSE Maths and English, both at grade B / level 6 minimum
  • Commercial acumen
  • Clear, logical thinker with the ability to understand and solve problems
  • Understanding, simplifying and improving complex processes
  • Intermediate level of Microsoft Excel – able to do vlookups and pivot tables
  • Good communication skills at all levels with ability to talk to suppliers with sensitivity to commercial factors
  • Happy to work within a team and on own alongside other experienced professionals

Desirable

  • Experience in purchasing in a manufacturing environment
  • Experience of buying raw materials such as steel, castings and forgings would be advantageous but not essential as full training will be given
  • Automotive or aerospace experience or awareness of those industry's processes
  • Experience of working with MRP/ERP systems for manufacturing
  • CIPS qualification
  • Advanced Excel

Working here
You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Benefits
We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps
Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

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