Buyer

**Buyer**:

- Carbolite Gero Ltd
- Work experience
- Purchasing, Materials Management, Logistics
- Fulltime

**Are you looking for a long-term perspective in a successfully growing, profitable company? Then you've come to the right place**:

- CARBOLITE GERO makes a significant contribution to technological progress: we are a leading international manufacturer of innovative and reliable high-temperature furnaces and ovens as they are indispensable for production and research facilities as well as quality and analytical laboratories. As part of Verder Scientific, we belong to the German-Dutch technology group Verder, a group of companies with over 2000 employees around the globe.
A vacancy exists for a:

- **Buyer**
**Salary dependent on experience and qualifications + Excellent Benefits Package**

**Primary responsibilties**:

- Purchase goods, materials, components and services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets.
- Ensure continuous supply of required goods and materials and communicate any supply problems which may pose a risk or impact to the business operations.
- Negotiate contracts, improved prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
- Research and evaluate areas of opportunity and reduce costs where possible.
- Assess and evaluate suppliers and undertake performance reviews to ensure contract compliance and manage performance improvement activities.
- Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships.
- Develop relationships with internal stakeholders to understand future requirements as the business looks to further improve its product offering to meet customers’ needs.
- Help to develop creative and innovative procurement processes and implement KPI’s to analyse & improve supplier performance.
- Maintain records and documentation within the department to allow full traceability, resolve invoice queries and assist with MRP, when necessary.
- Work collaboratively and negotiate and engage with stakeholders and suppliers regarding new projects, supplies and initiatives and advise of impact of change on purchasing and production activities.
- Develop relationships with internal stakeholders to understand future requirements.

**Key skills and qualifications**:

- Demonstrable experience of Supplier selection/Management and audit.
- Previous experience with MRP/ ERP systems.
- Proficient in the use of MS Office - Excel & Word.
- Strong planning and organisational skills.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Have the ability to work on their own initiative with minimum supervision, prioritise workload and the skills to be a good team player.

**Desirable**:

- CIPS Level 4 or similar qualification in Purchasing.
- Previous experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to understand internal and external technical information.
- Experience of Customs Import procedures.

**What we have to offer**:

- Salary dependent on experience and qualifications.
- 37.50 Hours per week, Mon-Thurs 8.00 - 4.45 pm, Friday 8.00 -12.30 pm (Early finish on a Friday).
- Company Incentive Scheme.
- Generous salary sacrifice pension plan with 7.5% Employer contributions
and with a death in service policy.
- 24 days annual leave rising to 27 after 3 years - plus statutory days.
- Westfield Health Scheme membership and Hospital Treatment Plan.
- Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme - enjoy the stunning beauty of the surrounding area.
- Support with continuous professional development.
- Sports & Social events.
- Free on-site parking
- Access to employee assistance programme to help with life’s challenges.
- A Free Lunch every week.
- Free fresh fruit.

You will ideally need your own transport, however, we are situated next to Hope train station and on a regular bus route from and to Sheffield/Manchester.
Do you have a positive attitude, strong work ethic and a pro-active approach to be part of this highly productive team, working in the heart of the Peak District?
If this is you, then please apply

**Interested?**:

**Carbolite Gero Ltd**. - Parsons Lane - Hope ‑ Derbyshire ‑ S33 6RB