Assistant Buyer

The role requires a proactive and logical mode of engagement to ensure the maximum yield from a complex supply chain and for ensuring all production part requirements are met on-time, to the specified quality, with zero scope creep, at the lowest cost.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Review and contribute to the delivery of personal, departmental, and business metrics and KPIs.
- Prepare and provide constructive contributions with team meetings that develop the business and department agenda as well as enhancing personal and team development.
- Responsible for the transaction of all MRP requirements in accordance with business stream outputs to a wide range of suppliers.
- Validating MRP output and managing demand patterns into the business.
- Progressing and expediting of all deliveries to BRUSH from vendors.
- Responsible for all Supplier Delivery schedules and all Production requirements through open order book, expediting and pegging report management.
- To aid progression you will be given Accountability for a small number of commodities and/or suppliers assigned with support from a nominated Buyer / Senior Buyer.
- Support Vendor benchmarking and contribute to Vendor change.
- Support and prepare background information to aid Buyers in negotiation across the complete portfolio (RFI / Q preparation and background information gathering).
- Assist with sending out enquiries for appropriate materials, collate and prepared quotations for the relevant buyer.
- Adjusting order coverage in place / issuing orders to maintain the adequate supply of goods and rescheduling orders according to the build and master schedule production plans.
- Monitoring and reporting of vendor performance (both within BRUSH and to supplier).
- Work closely with the buyers to set up and managing an array of procurement and replenishment modes.
- Support the creation and maintenance of key business parameters within MRP.
- Internal Production point of contact for all supply updates, issues, and concerns. (Shortage / Pegging Report Ownership).
- Identification of contract and vendor consolidation opportunities.
- Deliver an exceptional level of customer experience to all touch points.
- Contribute to the Creation, development and maintenance of the purchasing and supplier plans, segmentation matrices, cost reduction plans etc.
- Contribute and populate data within SPM and SRM scorecards were required.
- Participate in progress / status review meetings (internally and externally) and in vendor audits where required.

**Person Specification**

**Qualifications**:

- A-C GCSE in Maths & English.
- Industry exposure within engineering and/or productions environment would be an advantage.
- Procurement Experience desirable.

**Skills**:

- Computer literate with the ability to maintain accurate records.
- Excellent numerical skills
- Attention to detail
- Highly organised
- Capacity planning
- Reporting and negotiation skills desirable.
- Ability to use conceptual thinking and awareness to generate new ideas desirable.
- Experience of fast paced manufacturing and / or purchasing department desirable.

Knowledge
- Knowledge of MRP & MRP II Systems.
- Familiarity with material specifications & technical drawings desirable.
- Familiar with product design and manufacturing processes desirable.

Experience
- Ability to develop good supplier relationships.
- At least 2 years’ experience in commercial business and purchasing practices would be an advantage.
- Supply chain control - internal and external desirable.
- Familiar and competent in Manufacturing Database Systems desirable.
- Experience in sourcing and procurement desirable.
- Commercial awareness desirable.

**About Us**
The BRUSH Group is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of generators above 20MVA. With a comprehensive range of products and services including transformers, switchgear and control & monitoring systems, BRUSH is your ideal partner for electric powergeneration, distribution monitoring and control.

BRUSH has been a key figure within Electrical Engineering for over 130 years, offering a wide range of ‘electrical machines’, and providing our customer chain with the highest calibre equipment and after sales service.

Here at BRUSH we are very proud to offer:

- A very competitive salary
- Private Pension
- Overnight/daily allowances (for certain roles)
- Company vehicle (for certain roles)
- Great development opportunities