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SF Recruitment are looking for a Buyer to join an SME company based in Kidderminster.

Key responsibilities:

- Purchase order generation - System initiated/directs procurement. Evaluate system data, liaise with Operational colleagues, arrange shipping where required and schedule orders to ensure optimum stock holding to support customer order fulfilment within stock valuation parameters.
- Purchase order generation - Non system initiated/indirect procurement. Upon request place orders for indirect materials and equipment.
- Purchase order schedule review - continually review and action any need to expedite, defer, amend quantity on raised purchase orders to ensure optimum stock holding required to support customer order fulfilment within stock valuation parameters.
- Progress chase purchase orders to ensure deliveries are received on time and in full.
- Produce purchasing reports - run, action and edit where appropriate eg. stock availability report, stock valuation report, supplier quality and delivery performance reports, outstanding credit reports.
- Manage supplier QC expectations and deal with rejections, returns, credit claims.
- Maintain the company's purchase product data records.
- Identify new and alternative suppliers of existing direct and indirect materials, components and equipment. Carry out benchmarking and re sourcing projects to suit business requirements.
- Involvement with new product launches to ensure timely introductions and managing product discontinuations and minimisation of obsolete stock.
- Source new direct and indirect materials, components and equipment. Assess potential new product and suppliers in terms of total acquisition cost, supplier capabilities and overall suitability as a supplier to the company.

Candidates are expected to have had at least 12 months purchasing experience within a fast paced manufacturing environment or similar.

If you are interested in this position, please apply here.

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