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Buyer - Construction / engineered manufacturing £27,000 to £32,000 + Benefits based upon knowledge and applied experience 38 hours week Monday to Friday Skelmersdale Role Profile An energetic and professional buyer working to ensure the maintenance and improvement of a structured procurement process. Purchasing materials for manufacturing groups ensuring timely receipt of materials, maintaining high levels of quality, product availability and cost effectiveness on a project basis to ensure company targets and budgets are being achieved. Responsibilities * Ongoing management of pre-existing supply chain. Ensuring the timely receipt of materials, checking product availability and ensuring cost efficiency to enable ongoing and impending projects through to completion. * Negotiate with existing and potential suppliers to ensure best availability and material cost. * Develop external business relationships. * Working closely with both Sales and Project Management to ensure materials are procured in time to meet both client deadlines and budget costs. * Contribute to the continuous improvement of systems, tools and processes. * Ensure planning models, forecasts, ordering parameters and stock projections are sufficiently accurate. * Control third party processing activities. * Control stock inventory and provide monthly reports to Management. * Ensure supply with maximum efficiency and minimum cost. * Plan for known peak & special trading periods. Skills & Experience * You will be an experienced buyer (3-5 years minimum experience), ideally from a construction, design or engineering background. * You will have excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills. * An ability to read and understand technical information is key; technical awareness and a technical mindset are preferred. * An understanding of material optimisation to ensure maximum yields are achieved * Product / industry knowledge is preferred but not essential. * Hold suppliers to a high standard by monitoring supplier performance, overseeing product price listings, production of weekly/monthly reports and KPI's for Directors. Astute commercial awareness. * You will have excellent IT skills using a number of MS office packages, particular Excel, Knowledge and experience of working with SAGE 200 would be beneficial but not essential. * Proven negotiating experience is essential. Client information Our Skelmersdale based client is a leading designer and manufacturer of metal and glass based rain screen cladding and engineered Facade systems to the construction industry. Remuneration Circa £27,000 - £32,000 + benefits About Cast UK Cast UK is a leading executive consultancy, providing national recruitment solutions to both clients and candidates. Specialising in HR, Procurement, Buying, Supply Chain, and Logistics, each member of our specialist team has a professional background specific to their recruiting sector. With this unique insight and knowledge, our consultants are able to place individuals from trainee through to main board. For more information on Cast UK and a complete list of all of our current vacancies, please visit www.castuk.com

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