Commodity Buyer

2 weeks ago

Banbury, United Kingdom Proftech Talent Full time

**Commodity Buyer**

We are recruiting for a Commodity Buyer on a permanent basis for our Banbury based client. Your role will be to fully support the division in its purchasing activities, meeting company goals for cost, quality, innovation, and delivery.

**As a Commodity Buyer you will need to have/be**:

- Evidence of engineering aptitude an advantage
- Good commercial awareness and analytical approach
- Experience of working in busy manufacturing purchasing environment preferred
- Assertiveness in face to face and telephone transactions
- Confident negotiating style
- Attention to detail
- Tenacious Negotiation Skills
- Self-motivated and proactive Approach
- Analytic Skills, Data Management, Logic Driven
- Strategic Awareness of Market place, networking
- Problem Solver, People Person, Supporting Others
- Confident and able to summarise problems and solutions to management

**Details**:

- **Salary**: £43, 000 - £45, 000
- **Working Hours**: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 37.5 hours
- **Location**: Banbury (onsite)
- **Duration**: Permanent

**Role of Commodity Buyer**:

- Receive, register, challenge & process purchase requisitions in order to achieve best conditions for the business and conforming with appropriate operating procedures.
- Where necessary support internal customers in obtaining specific or urgent requirements.
- Secure early involvement in development of capital purchases through negotiation and benchmarking of supplier proposals or quotations.
- Support the Assistant Purchasing Manager in the preparation and distribution of reports and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Manage a monthly MRO review.
- Establish and maintain a process for managing, negotiating, and renewing significant service contracts and rental or lease agreements.
- Strive to achieve specific objectives as agreed with Purchasing Manager designed to support the delivery of business plan and the Commodity Buyers personal development goals.
- Analyse spends and trends to identify cost reduction opportunities, targets, projects, and timing.

**Benefits of working as a Commodity Buyer**:

- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Share scheme
- Employee assist program
- Free on-site parking
- Pension scheme
- Company Share Participation Scheme

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £43,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: LGCB1905

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