Buyer

Full Job Description

Due to continued growth and success our client is now recruiting in their Purchasing department and looking for a Buyer to join their busy team. This newly created role will suit someone with experience in purchasing and buying within an engineering and manufacturing environment looking for their next challenge/new role in a fast moving and dynamic environment and has excellent administration and organisational skills.

This is a full-time permanent role offering an excellent salary plus great non salaried benefits.

The successful candidate will be a confident and driven individual that can prioritise their work to meet delivery of tasks and works well in a team. Detail and accuracy are key requirements in this role.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop whilst working for a market leading international organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Purchase of materials in line with customer / company AML’s according to fabrication drawings and associated bill of materials.
• Creation of purchase orders in accordance with company procedures and in line with financial processes.
• Liaising with supply chain and project managers on relevant projects to ensure understanding of requirements, delivery, budgets.
• Identification of best value opportunities whilst keeping to required delivery.
• Provide support for amendments and ongoing management of the approved vendor list.
• Create works orders and identify when orders are required for stock items.
• Run stock item reports, monitor shortages and re-order as per agreed requirements.
• Own allocated projects for spare's jobs.
• Contribute to the creation of team KPIs.
• Occasional travel to supplier locations.

The person:

• 3-5 years’ experience within a procurement role
• Ideally CIPS qualified or actively pursuing certification.
• Experienced in purchasing within fabrication environment/electrical components/instrumentation.
• Excellent sourcing & negotiating skills.
• Good communication skills, verbal and written.
• Good organisation and time management skills
• IT literate (Microsoft Office), with strong Excel skills
• Sage experience desirable – training will be given.
• A strong team player
• Resourceful, well organised, highly dependable, efficient and detail orientated.

Commodities used to build our equipment include, among others:

Pipe/Fittings/Flanges, Structural Steel, Plate, Castings, Tubing, Pipe Fittings, Fasteners, Laser cut plate, Rollings, Machined components, Gaskets, Controls and Instrumentation, Enclosures, Electronics, Panels, Refractory, Paint, ACWL, Blowers, Dampers, Combustion Electronics, Cable.