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Buyer

£35-40,000 + Pension

Coventry

Buyer in the purchasing and procurement team. Medium size manufacturing and engineering business in a European group. The Buyer vacancy will be focusing on operational purchasing of commodities, raw materials and semi finished materials.

•Negotiate price and supplier terms to optimise both cost and value, and contribute to the company objectives regarding costs and price variance.

•Manage supply lead times with suppliers to meet production plans and supplier agreements.

•Seek cost downs, and assess suppliers against delivery SLA and quality/reject SLAs.

•Work with colleagues to identify stock holding, obsolescence and end of production dates, and communicate with suppliers to agree end of supply dates.

•Use tools like RFI and RFQ to assess suppliers, including alternative sources and new suppliers.

This Buyer job reports to the Purchasing Manager.

Salary Guideline: £35-40,000 + Pension

Experience Required

•Experience as a Buyer in a manufacturing or engineering business.

•Good communication skills, negotiating dates and prices in a positive way to win commitment and agreement in the short and long term.

•Eye for detail, and confident user of spreadsheets and or ERP systems. you looking for career progression

The job’s working environment, opportunities and rewards:

•Professional, ambitious manufacturing company with motivated staff throughout.

•Company with an established client base including leading UK and European manufacturers, and a growing order book.

•Career progression for a person with some manufacturing, planning or inventory experience.

Reference: IY.530QAF

This job is commutable from Coventry, Rugby, Kenilworth, Bedworth, Daventry, Leamington Spa and Warwick.