Circa £40,000 per annum Reading (Hybrid) Permanent Your New Role Our client is a global manufacturer with increasingly demanding growth plans, who are now seeking an ambitious buyer to join their team. The role itself requires someone to take responsibility for procuring components, materials and services for their manufacturing team. In this varied position, you will be required to track orders, manage inventory and ensure production requirements are met. Maintaining and developing robust and long term relationships with suppliers are essential, planning POs to meet the production requirements. Contribution to improving policies and processes are essential, as well as, performing other procurement related tasks. Ensuring Your Success Ideally, you will posses prior buying experience, ideally within a manufacturing environment. A CPM or equivalent is desired. Personality wise, you will have an appetite to learn and ave the flexibility to adjust to a rapidly changing environment. Being a self-starter by nature is essential, with a strong problem solving mindset. Excellent stakeholder engagement skills are also essential, with the ability to build relationships quickly, both internally and externally. In Return Other than a strong basic salary and other bonuses, you will be joining a world renowned organisation with excellent progression opportunities.