Workshop Buyer

**Overview**:

- **Main Purpose of the Role**:
To ensure the activities in the purchasing function are carried out effectively, efficiently ensuring items are ordered and supplied to specification within the required project time scale, taking a pro-active approach. Workshop job costing is an integral and important element of this role.
- ** Location**: Carrickfergus.
- **Salary**: Competitive.
- ** Responsible To**: Production Manager.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- To ensure cost effective purchase of goods and services based on price, quality and services support on an on-time basis.
- Negotiating pricing and other terms with suppliers to improve cost base and deliver savings.
- Expediting supplier deliveries and negotiating with suppliers to achieve improvement on lead times.
- Kept up-to-date material prices for costing & estimating.
- Ensure stock levels are managed accurately and all materials are available when required by the business.
- Produce reports and statistics using computer-based programs. Compile Cost Comparison Report for the monthly board meeting.
- Control administration of Joinery Production Sheets.
- Build and maintain a strong network of suppliers to secure the best pricing and terms (minimum 3 quotations where possible).
- Raising POs for raw materials and component parts.
- Process payments and invoices.
- Identification and assessment of new vendors.
- Completion of supplier reviews - monitoring and reporting on supplier delivery & quality performance.
- To attend all relevant meetings as required.
- Maintain accurate contract files and purchasing data to ensure full traceability and use as future reference.
- To participate and support all Company initiatives with compliance of procedures and requirements for ISO9001, 14001 & 45001, FSC and Investors in People Standards.
- Any other duties required for the effective operation of the post as deemed by Management.

**Experience**:

- A minimum of 2 years’ recent relevant experience in a Buying role within the construction industry.
- Experience using a Purchase Order Processing system (POP) / Sage

**Skills**:

- Good oral and written communication and analytical skills.
- Good time management with the ability to organise and prioritise work to meet deadlines.
- Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.