Buyer

Job title - Buyer

**About ipTEST**:
ipTEST are a growing company in an exciting high technology area at the forefront of new developments powering the green revolution.

ipTEST are a dedicated, engineering-based organisation with the skills to meet the demanding needs of our expanding customer base of global device manufacturers around the world. At our base in the UK, we focus on developing solutions for testing challenging new technologies such as GaN and SiC as well as for the latest generation of mosfets, IGBT’s, diodes, SCR’s and bipolars.

We have a track record of investing in our people and work hard to ensure that all our staff are well informed, well trained and well-motivated to be completely responsive to our customer needs.

Product development is core to our existence, and we have introduced a significant new product nearly every year since our origins in the early 80's; our Mostrak test system has been through constant cycles of renewal, whilst always retaining compatibility. We operate seamlessly between our Engineering, Manufacture and Test, Customer Support and Technical Sales groups. Our success also lies in investing in and working closely with our external manufacturing base to ensure we are as responsive and nimble as possible whilst drawing on the experience and production efficiency of our family of dedicated CEM partners and OEM manufacturers. Above all, ipTEST is responsive.

**About this role**:
The Buyer will report directly into the Purchasing Manager and will be working closely with the operations, purchasing and stores teams. The Buyer will be required to assist with running the MRP, dealing with sundry requirement, placing purchase orders and keeping the approved vendor list up to date. The Buyer will need to be able to search for alternatives with the support of the engineering and R&D departments and assist the Purchasing Project Lead with shortages to keep delivery schedules on time.

**Role & Responsibilities**:

- Work with Key suppliers on ensuring product is delivered on time.
- Update scorecards for ‘key’ suppliers and regularly review performance.
- Work closely with the Quality team to ensure any issues are fed back to suppliers and dealt with in a timely manner.
- Run the MRP
- Maintain and update purchasing processes and strive for continuous improvement.
- Send out RFQs
- Send out PO’s based on best economic order quantities/price breaks
- Update and maintain excel spreadsheets on department spends
- Update and maintain credit card spend
- Liaise with Engineering on any new parts received, as alternatives or due to EOL, updating SmartVision and Suppliers were necessary.
- Changing delivery dates in SV, changing prices on Purchase Orders, making any amendments on orders.
- Strong organisational skills. Able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Attention to detail and good reasoning skills to spot errors quickly and report them to relevant staff
- Proficiency with industry-standard computer packages such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and internal systems
- Any other tasks as required

**Qualifications & Educational requirements**:

- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
- Proven administrative skills, working in a logistics/operations/Purchasing environment
- Strong process mindset and confidence to challenge requests outside of the process
- Good standard of spoken and written English and sound numerical skills

**What’s in it for you**:
This is a full-time position with competitive compensation package, excellent benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance.

We value our staff and company culture.

ipTEST also provides additional benefits including an Employee Assistance Program, Social events, and so much more