Buyer - Leeds - £25k-£30k

Title - Buyer - West Yorkshire - £25k-£30k

I am working with a reputable manufacturer in West Yorkshire who are looking to recruit a Buyer to add additional strength to an already established Purchasing Department.

This award-winning business have a global reach and a product profile boasting over 6000 products from which they have won nearly 200 awards. The business are at the forefront of the market delivering innovative, high-performing products in a highly-competitive market.

You will be tasked to take charge of a major category within the purchasing team which will include Maintaining stock safety and service levels, Supplier relationship development & Regular communication with key internal and external stakeholders.

The recruitment for this role is at the very early stages with telephone interviews being conducted now, please see the job specification below:

Day to day responsibilities will include:

• To review MRP system information on a daily basis and take appropriate actions on agreed levels.
• To identify mutually beneficial opportunities for new supplier agreements and implement these seeking to make improvements to pricing and call-off processes.
• To place and expedite purchase orders where necessary.
• To actively benchmark with market suppliers to ensure the business is always getting the best market value on materials.
• Liaise regularly with Commercial and Planning to ensure purchased parts remains aligned to production capacity.
• To ensure that any and all issues requiring escalation are indeed escalated in a timely manner to minimise the knock-on effects on production.
• To ensure, through close liaison with Planning, that issues such as Returns are processed effectively and in a timely manner.
• Operational support in all stages
• To attend contract related customer site visits/commercial visits as required

Essential experience:

• To have experience in a Purchasing role within Manufacturing or Engineering
• To be Driven, Organised and Ambitious.
• Highly Proficient with the MS Office package
• Commercial Awareness

The package on offer includes a salary of £25k-£30k, 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays, Pension scheme and options on flexible working hours, full details will be discussed on application.

Please apply by submitting your most up to date CV and giving me a time and date I can get in contact with you to review the role and business in more detail.

If you have any questions on the role please submit these alongside your CV and I will answer those on the initial call.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Neil @ White Label Recruitment.