Purchasing Buyer

PURCHASING BUYER - circa £40k

Do you have strong Contract Management experience? Do you have extensive knowledge of supply chain in the Far East? Are you looking for a Purchasing/Buyer role which will allow you to add value & utilise your full skill set?

This is your chance to join a market leading, innovative, high quality manufacturer with plans to source in the Far East.

Working within a busy purchasing team of 10, you will be responsible for the total purchasing life cycle together with reviewing all processes at a strategic and commercial level.

Working for a prestigious company, in fantastic modern purpose-built offices; this opportunity offers a highly competitive salary of circa £40K, early finish on Fridays, career progression & Free Parking- Based in Bournemouth.

Responsibilities of the Purchasing Buyer:

• To operate and carry out purchasing business processes across company in line with local policies and procedures.
• To manage supplier performance to required quality, cost and delivery requirements, resolving process and complexity problems within the external supplier chain and that they are resolved in a timely manner.
• To actively work with the external supply chain to achieve the best buying terms and conditions with the most competitive price possible.
• Be the supplier(s) account owner and conduct regular order book reviews maintaining accurate and achievable delivery commitments against set targets.
• Carry out supplier selection assessments against set criteria ensuring balanced sourcing decisions are able to cope with the demands of a fast paced and changing customer business.
• Maintain procurement documents in a systematic way and in an audible fashion ensuring process compliance.
• To create cost improvement ideas with the external vendor base turning them into implemented cost improvement plans delivering year on year cost reduction.

Skills & Characteristics of the Purchasing Buyer:

• Purchasing process knowledge
• Extensive knowledge/experience of the:Buyer principles and procedures
• Experience of working with MRP and Business reports
• Purchasing life cycle i.e. source, buy, pay
• Load and capacity and production planning principles
• Cost improvement / optimisation
• Product cost structure and pricing
• Supplier selection / sourcing
• Supplier performance management
• Total Cost Analysis (TCA) systematically presenting price structure for order placement
• Supplier negotiations skills
• Management of the supplier Order Book preparation, distribution and commitment acceptance of a doable delivery schedule
• Be proficient in SPA (Supplier Planning Assessments)
• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings (specific to identified role)

Whats in it for you?

• Excellent salary on offer - circa £40k
• Hours: 8.00am till 4.30 pm - Finish at 1pm on Fridays
• Pension Scheme
• Free Parking
• Canteen Facilities
• Brand-new purpose-built building
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Closed at Xmas

REF: Purchasing Buyer - Bournemouth