Buyer

5 days ago


Sunderland, United Kingdom Blue Arrow Full time

We're recruiting for a Buyer for a client of ours based in Sunderland/South Tyneside area
Full time hours Monday - Friday
£10.28 - £11.14 per hour, minimum 6 month contract

Main duties include:

- Manage daily the purchase order activity within the current purchase order system, using Oracle, ensuring relevant targets are met or exceeded
- Ensure purchasing and payment activities compliment each other, to enable the Trust to meet the Public Sector Payment Policy, relating to payment of invoices.
- Develop and manage purchasing and supply chain activities in line with appropriate directorates, internal and external customers.
- Achieve value for money from those activities. Standardisation / rationalisation, ensuring that the Supplies department meet the savings target imposed upon them.
- Attend meetings relating to and undertake tendering exercises, to meet requirements of the Supplies Strategy. Tendering activity must be in line with EEC Directives and local policies.
- Provide management information on performance statistics relating to purchasing activities as required, including spreadsheets, reports, letters etc.
- Provide support and assistance to the stock control team
- Resolve customer queries and complaints in an efficient, professional, and timely manner.
- Carry out any other duties as required.

Skills/ Experience required:
Ability to demonstrate understanding of or has worked within a role that includes basic purchasing principles, stock control, and customer care. Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIP's) (or equivalent) degree or actively willing to work towards is desirable but not essential


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