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Buyer

Walsall Permanent £33,000 - £37,000 per year View Job Description
The buyer will be responsible for the procurement and management of inventory in a cost effective and timely manner. The buyer position requires a detail orientated professional, who possesses excellent communication and relationship building skills, coupled with the ability to work under a somewhat time pressured environment to satisfy production demands.
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  • Join a business with huge quality and excellence in product development
  • Progressive working environment - Walsall

About Our Client

  • My client are a renowned award-winning business of solutions to many of the most successful and companies worldwide, employing more than 200 people in the west midlands and continuing its growth path



Job Description

  • Key Responsibilities of the Buyer are to:
  • Build and maintain supplier relationships, providing clear communication on day to day procurement activities.
  • Liaise with wider team when making buying decisions to ensure the 'best decision' is made to suit strategy.
  • Ability to liaise with customers as applicable when making supply chain decisions.
  • Escalate issues that cannot be resolved within the wider team to the Procurement Manager.
  • Conduct oneself in a safe and respectful manner, ensuring the ongoing health and safety of yourself and others.
  • Ensure BC is kept up to date with correct and relevant information at all times (examples)
  • Manage demand report on a daily basis to ensure any demand is captured and placed in accordance with MOQ/MOV/Lead Time information and receipts are being managed against changing demand
  • Update/establish safety stock levels in BC against up to date/forecasted demand to achieve continuity of supply
  • Work with teams on supplier rejects with a view to facilitating problem solving and corrective action and pending quality concerns.

The Successful Applicant

  • Experience with fast paced strategic procurement ideally from manufacturing
  • To work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to establish and maintain working relationships.
  • Engage in training/team building exercises to promote cross functional working
  • Support/facilitate project work when required
  • Demonstrate core values of the business

What's on Offer

  • Salary up to £37k
  • Simply Health - Medical cover (cash towards dentist, optical etc)
  • Death in Service and Terminal illness cover x1 Annual Salary
  • 25 Annual Leave + 1 extra day to cover birthday plus Bank Holidays
  • 5% Matched Pension
  • CIPS support or any other learning post 12-week probation pass
Contact
Olly Warrington
Quote job ref
JN-082024-6501163
Phone number
+44 115 934 8701

Job summary

Job function
Procurement & Supply Chain
Subsector
Direct Procurement
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Walsall
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Olly Warrington
Consultant phone
+44 115 934 8701
Job reference
JN-082024-6501163