Local Commodity Buyer WHAT YOU WILL DO Manage related suppliers, liaising with Group Commodity Buyers to align with Group commodity strategies and Group policies and procedures, guaranteeing supplier performance in line with plant goals and objectives. Negotiate with suppliers to achieve successful outcomes for the business. Manage issues relating to delivery performance (OTIF) and quality performance of suppliers. Work closely with purchase ledger on invoice queries and understand and manage material price variances. Update purchasing related data as required. This includes price information, schedule agreements, purchase orders and master data. Evaluate and raise ECR’s as necessary and carry out the local purchasing actions on the ECN’s. Support Group Project Buyers and manage independently new product introductions. Set up new part codes, create purchasing data and master data as required. WHAT YOU BRING ALONG Maths and English GCSE grade C and above. Degree Educated. Excellent written and communication skills and a genuine interest in data analysis. Good excel skills. Competent with Microsoft and Outlook. SAP experience desirable not essential. WHAT WE OFFER We offer a generous pension scheme which enables our employees to have greater financial security when they do retire. For our employee’s peace of mind, we provide a death in service benefit. We are passionate about the world we live in and climate change, for this reason we offer all employees the opportunity to join the cycle to work scheme. On site we have a subsidised bistro which provides meal options and refreshments during the day. We want to help all our employees reach their career potential to support this we provide extensive training for all employees. We care about the health and wellbeing of our employees and have a Wellbeing programme in place to support them. Amanda Smith 44 7734 985 093 E.02amanda.smithvaillant-group.com Vaillant