Job Title: Buyer Location: Blackwood Salary: £25,000-£28,000 per annum Hours: Full time. Monday - Friday, days regular 37.5 hours a week, start time can be slightly flexible Here at The Recruitment Co, we are recruiting s Junior Buyer to work for a company in Blackwood on a temp to perm basis. Main job roles: Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, the Supply Chain Planner / Buyer will play an integral part of the team supporting on key functions within the department including below: Procurement, Vendor management, MRP scheduling, Quality Assurance, New Product Development, driving improvement initiatives while maintaining excellent customer service levels and some administrative duties. Using strong commercial and analytical skills the role will create value for the business through effective negotiation of price, contract and service level agreements. The ideal candidate demonstrate a proactive and flexible approach to the buying role and have strong team values. The successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate a track record of achieving cost down benefit to the business. Excellent internal and external customer relationship and interpersonal skills Effective written and oral communication skills Team player with strong work ethic and ability to adapt to and drive change Highly numerate and analytical, Ability to analyse and interpret data Commercially minded, Attention to detail Strong organisation and time management skills Self-Motivated, behaves in a professional manner at all times Able to deliver at a consistently high level in a demanding, commercial environment Education and Experience Educated to degree level - CIPS preferably (or working towards) Supply chain or Procurement experience IT literate with strong spreadsheet knowledge Experience working with a MRP/ERP and SAP system. Experience working in a legislative environment and familiar working with procedures/systems If you are interested in this role please apply now CPNewport ADZN1_UKTJ