Buyer/Purchasing

The Company

Briggs Irrigation was formed in 1985 and has developed an expanding range of successful irrigation and dirty water dispersal systems. early success came with the company's range of self-travelling rotary irrigators or "Roto Rainer's". The "Model 10" was awarded the highest accolade in the agricultural machinery world – a prestigious Gold Medal in the Royal Agricultural Society of England Machinery Award Scheme- and soon led the market. Still in production and now sporting, a number of design refinements, the Roto Rainer's continue to offer effective, economical and environmentally friendly dispersal of dirty water.

Since the early 90's the company has concentrated on boom irrigation for farmers, growers and groundsmen. Working closely with each sector, Briggs Irrigation now makes and markets a range of advanced irrigation booms, used by successful UK famers and increasingly on farms around the world. Briggs booms are manufactured and maintained from the company's purpose-built factory in Corby – a convenient location for all parts of the UK.

Buyer

The Role

Develop strong supplier relationships and agreements

Review and manage supplier performance

React to demand signals to ensure sufficient materials are available

Be a key member of the stock control team, working with the Inventory Manager to establish Min /Max levels and lead times for Production items

Ensure Purchase Orders are placed in a timely manner

Manage supplier return processes to ensure non-conforming products are returned to suppliers and Credit Notes issued.

Maintain Supplier pricing data held in K Drive

The Person:

Candidates are sought with experience working in a Buyers role in an Engineering Fabrication environment. You must have knowledge of MRP systems and working to tight deadlines. A highly organised individual you will be comfortable liaising with teams cross functionally across the business.

You must have strong communication skills with the confidence and ability to maximise cost savings with suppliers. Strong Excel skills would be beneficial

As the Buyer you will support the Production Management:

• Work with existing supply base across the UK & Europe to ensure the best possible part/material and component supply.
• Build very strong relationships and where possible deliver more favourable commercial terms.
• Look at a range of new suppliers to increase cost or technical advantage over our competitors
• Manage the new component introduction from suppliers.
• Overall, you will work to improve the purchasing function and ensure it is best in class to enable the production targets to be met on time in full.

To be successful within the role you will have:

• An awareness of technical terms and have purchased a range of metals, materials, tools and engineering components.
• Previous experience as a buyer within an Engineering manufacturing business.
• Experience of purchasing non-production & MRO items
• Experience of New Product Introduction.
• Proven negotiation skills and to have an in-depth understanding of commercial terms.
• An Understanding of Lean Manufacturing.
• Worked with a range of MRP systems.
• HNC Business & Finance, A level English, Business & Finance. Membership of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (or working towards Graduate Diploma Level), Have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word.

42 hour week

Mon-Thur 8am – 5pm

Fri 8am – 4.30pm

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Corby: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Brigg/Buy