Buyer (Commodity Specialist)
- Employer
- Reed Procurement & Supply Chain
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
- Salary
- 30000
- Closing date
- 21 Jan 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Buyer
- Sector
- Accountancy, Advertising & Creative, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Charities & Not For Profit, Construction, Consultancy, Customer Service, Defence, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Engineering, Event Management, FMCG, Food Services, Healthcare, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Insurance, Legal, Leisure, Management & Executive, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Military, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Private sector, Production & Operations, Professional Services, Public Relations, Public Sector, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Scientific, Secretarial & Administration, Social Services, Telecommunications, Training, Transport & Distribution, Travel & Hospitality, Utilities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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REED Procurement and Supply Chain are delighted to be recruiting for a Buyer (Commodity Specialist) for our client, a well established engineering business in Newcastle.
This role is full-time and permanent offering outstanding career opportunities and a friendly yet ambitious Procurement team!
This role will be offered on a permanent basis circa £30,000 per annum.
It will be working Monday to Friday with a 1:30pm early finish on a Friday afternoon!
Job Role:
- Competitively sourcing materials
- Procurement of non-project BOM spend covering production consumables and indirect production materials
- Negotiate cost and lead time reductions with suppliers
- Achieve cost reduction plans
- Strategic sourcing responsibilities
- Maintain supplier agreements
- Develop new sources of supply of indirect and consumable materials
- Resolve any invoice queries
- Ensure supplier delivery and quality problems are rectified
- Analysing quotations from suppliers
- Management of all purchase order contracts
- Expediting of purchase orders
Person Specification:
- Strong negotiation skills
- Problem solving nature
- Minimum of 5 years' experience within Buying
- You will ideally have an Engineering / Manufacturing background
- Working knowledge of MRP systems
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Buyer so please apply ASAP to be considered!
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited is an employment agency and employment business
This role is full-time and permanent offering outstanding career opportunities and a friendly yet ambitious Procurement team!
This role will be offered on a permanent basis circa £30,000 per annum.
It will be working Monday to Friday with a 1:30pm early finish on a Friday afternoon!
Job Role:
- Competitively sourcing materials
- Procurement of non-project BOM spend covering production consumables and indirect production materials
- Negotiate cost and lead time reductions with suppliers
- Achieve cost reduction plans
- Strategic sourcing responsibilities
- Maintain supplier agreements
- Develop new sources of supply of indirect and consumable materials
- Resolve any invoice queries
- Ensure supplier delivery and quality problems are rectified
- Analysing quotations from suppliers
- Management of all purchase order contracts
- Expediting of purchase orders
Person Specification:
- Strong negotiation skills
- Problem solving nature
- Minimum of 5 years' experience within Buying
- You will ideally have an Engineering / Manufacturing background
- Working knowledge of MRP systems
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Buyer so please apply ASAP to be considered!
Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited is an employment agency and employment business
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