Focused Recruitment are currently seeking an experienced Buyer to join our clients manufacturing site in the Blackwood area.
The role will be vital in ensuring the project requirements are met through sourcing, negotiating and procuring materials that are critical to the innovative designs that are created/produced. You will also be managing the purchasing activities for prototype and production projects.
Hours of Work
The role is a Monday to Friday position working during core business hours.
Duties
* Manage purchasing activities on customer projects ensuring critical timings are understood and met.
* Request and analyse supplier quotations, raising purchase orders with the best value suppliers.
* Communicate with suppliers and wider project team on lead times, pricing, and delivery dates.
* Negotiate pricing and lead times with suppliers.
* Build and maintain good relationships with suppliers.
* Manage and maintain adequate stock levels.
* Ensure that all materials are ordered and managed via the appropriate system.
* Assist the Procurement Lead in developing new and existing component and tooling suppliers.
* Support the Quality Manager in supplier audits for prototype parts and tooling.
* Ensure that annual contracts are controlled, and that sufficient timing is generated to allow for the appropriate levels of negotiation.
* Facilitate technical calls and discussion with suppliers and engineering ensuring part feasibility is understood and agreed.
Requirements
To be successful in this position, you will be required to have at least 3 years of purchasing experience and have strong organisational, planning and time management skills. You will need to be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously whilst under frequent changing priorities. Previous experience of communications between key stakeholders, computer literacy skills and a valid UK driving license and passport are essential to complete the role comprehensively.
By applying for this position you are giving authorisation for Focused Recruitment Ltd to contact you regarding this vacancy and other vacancies we feel may be suitable for you. We will not present your CV to any clients without your explicit consent. We will contact you if your CV is of interest, if you are unavailable we will leave a message, YOU MUST return this call otherwise your application cannot progress any further.
Focused Recruitment are a multi-award winning independent recruitment agency covering South Wales and the South West. As a service driven company we are fully committed to working with clients and candidates that share this value. We consistently place the right people, into the right companies, with the right roles to fulfil their career aspirations.
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