Trainee Buyer

Trainee Buyer & Sales Manager (Mechanical Manufacturing)

**Salary**: Circa £25,000 per year + Development + Training + Progression

Job type: Permanent, full-time

The role will be based in our factory in East London.

Reporting to senior management, this is an outstanding opportunity for a Buyer & Sales Administrator looking for variety and who wants to add genuine value to a well-established manufacturer. You will be supported with training, development and progression opportunities to advance in the role.

we are seeking an experienced buyer & sales administrator who ideally will have worked in a manufacturing environment and is keen to progress their career.
Purchasing Administration
- Purchase goods, materials, components or services in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets
- Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations
- Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities
- Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organisation
- Monitor market trends, competitor strategies and market suppliers
- Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review cost reduction activities
- Prepare reports and updates as and when required
- Work closely with others in the procurement function and review opportunities for continuous improvement and business improvements
- Adhere to any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of self, staff and visitors
- Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
- Prepare and raise purchase orders and order schedules
- Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications
- Ensure that a professional and consistent approach is taken in relation to all supplier relationships
- Conduct research for new components and suppliers
- Compile data relating to supplier performance to enable evaluation
- Assess and evaluate suppliers and contribute to performance reviews to ensure contract compliance
- Contact suppliers to resolve price, quality, delivery or invoice issues

Sales Administration
- Customer Pricing / Liaison

Self-Management
- Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies
- Assertive, resilient and welcomes change
- Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working together
- Proactively contributes to the team
- Actively committed to teams development
- Is self aware and optimistic
- Shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all dealings

Skills and Attributes:

- Able to build and maintain effective and productive relationships with staff, stakeholders and suppliers
- Good communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills
- Analytical, numerically astute with strong demonstrated problem-solving abilities
- Able to manage time effectively, prioritise tasks and achieve set targets
- Commercial and financial awareness with a full understanding of how failure impacts the production, manufacture and customer order fulfilment
- Able to work well under pressure and handle emergency and stressful situations
- Keen attention to detail and accuracy
- Familiarity with an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system would be beneficial

Qualifications and Experience Levels:

- Relevant business/commercial or manufacturing/engineering degree preferred, ONC, A Levels, City & Guilds Level 3, BTec National Diploma Level 3, IVQ Technician Diploma or equivalent NVQ level 3 qualification
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) or similar qualification or studying towards CIPS qualification would be beneficial
- Previous experience of working in a purchasing team preferably within an automotive or manufacturing environment would be beneficial

Pay: £23,000.00-£25,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

- Bonus scheme

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- London, E13 9AD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Reference ID: DB02