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Buyer

Employer
Confidential
Location
Gloucester
Salary
45000.00 - 50000.00 GBP Annual
Closing date
16 Feb 2022

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Specialist Area
Buyer
Sector
Manufacturing
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Buyer

Gloucester

GBP45,000 - GBP50,000

The Role

The UK Buyer is a role will be providing support across UK Companies. The UK Buyer has responsibility for managing and evaluating the supply chain for the UK operations, reporting in to the Head of Purchasing. This is a key role within the Group Purchasing structure and will lead the development of this function within the UK.

Responsibilities

The UK Buyer will be responsible for the following areas across the UK sites:

Develop a full understanding of the relationship between the 4 divisions of the Group: Water, Construction, Environmental and Distribution to maximise buying efficiency.

Develop and manage a cohesive purchasing strategy across the UK Group in line with HQ guidelines.

Source, select and approve new suppliers of raw materials, products, transport and services that will enhance the performance of the group. Approvals to be conducted in compliance with accredited quality, legal, health and safety standards. Establish commercial agreements between company and suppliers.

Ongoing review, evaluation and monitoring of the existing supply chain, suppliers, parts, products and services to ensure continuous high performance and compliance to standards.

Establish and drive lean and continuous improvement projects with suppliers and service providers to ensure reduction in costs and stabilization of the supply chain.

Secure target cost down through effective negotiation, benchmarking and cost improvement ideas

Reduce inventory levels, lead-times, review lot sizes and delivery frequencies from Local, European and Worldwide suppliers

Regularly monitor and review ABC classification and product classification of inventory.

Regularly monitor and cleanse the data on the ERP system to ensure the data is accurate and up to date.

Address quality issues and promptly resolve problems that arise with external and internal suppliers

Support introduction of new products (NPI) - liaise closely with Engineering, Quality and production to launch new projects/products as per agreed milestones

Support warehouse activities - focus on space saving, smart deliveries (on time, correct paperwork, easy to handle, safety)

Support Finance function - invoice payment/reports

Establish and maintain purchasing reports and KPI's

Report performance results to Senior Management for review, ensuring purchasing KPI's are achieved.

Any other duties as assigned by the Senior Management team.

Experience Required

Experience within a buyer role for a minimum of 5 years

People Management Skills

Project Management Skills

Excellent Communication and interpersonal skills

Good knowledge of excel

Good knowledge of the specific raw materials - volumes, destination, purpose,

Good knowledge of the specific end products

Some knowledge of the specific production processes: batching, postponement etc.

Ability to work in pressurised environment

Ability to react fast to changing circumstances

ERP experience

Good understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles

Previous experience of working to meet quality standards and legal compliance requirements

Knowledge of the principles of modern supply chains (Post graduation diploma or cert)

Personal Attributes

Strategic-thinker

Problem-Solver

Commercially driven

Self-motivated

Excellent communicator

Natural Influencer & Leader of people

Persuasive

Organised

Attention to detail.

Package

Bonus (subject to meeting KPIs)

Company pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

On-site parking

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