Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer

c£28,000.000 per annum

Barnsley

You must have experience in procurement and supply-chain, ideally this will be from the manufacturing or engineering sector.

You must also have a full UK driving licence

Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm with 1 hour for lunch this is a full-time office-based position

Our clients business operates in various functionalities as part of its group of companies and is proud to be a leading distributor of sealing solutions to varied sectors, they also manufacture gaskets and plastic packaging and sell corporate clothing. The business forms part of a privately owned group of companies that has been established for almost 160 years! They have an excellent reputation within the industry and the company has a real family feel about it; everyone is there to help each other wherever possible, no one is just a number and each member of staff has an integral role within the business. They are based in Barnsley, located close to both Rotherham and Doncaster and just a 10-minute car journey from Junction 36 of the M1 for Sheffield and Wakefield commuters too.

Role Overview:

We are looking for someone who will not only possess the right personal qualities to join our clients well-established team but also someone who has experience in a similar role. You will be focusing on supply-chain management, building positive relationships with all suppliers, negotiating new contracts and managing imports.

Duties of the Senior Buyer:

• Attending supplier review meetings via Microsoft Teams
• Carrying out supplier visits and ensuring positive relationships are being built upon you will have use of the company pool car
• Being actively involved in the Continual Improvement Programme
• Negotiating new contracts and price increases
• Implementing supplier rebate agreements
• Managing departmental KPIs and reporting directly to the MD
• Dealing with far-East and European Shipping and delivery schedules
• Maintaining stock levels
• Creating the daily stock shortage report
• Processing Purchase Orders
• Managing order confirmations
• Updating Purchase Order dates on the inhouse system
• Checking delivery supplier notes and matching to invoices
• Managing supplier order books
• Dealing with purchase order and invoice queries
• Managing unconfirmed/late orders and overseeing supplier on-time delivery
• Sending supplier requests for quotations
• Managing key supplier consignment stock
• Looking at new suppliers and undertaking re-sourcing projects
• Working on cost-down initiatives
• Managing imports and freight companies

To fulfil the role of Senior Buyer role you must:

• Have experience in procurement and supply chain, ideally from the manufacturing or engineering sectors
• Be confident and enjoy dealing with suppliers over the phone
• Have strong relationship building skills
• Have good attention to detail
• Have experience in using procurement systems

Additional attributes which would be advantageous to fulfil the role of Senior Buyer:

Ideally CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) trained

Wide-ranging international procurement experience in particular with the Far-East including dealing with freight companies

A good understanding of incoterms

Ideally experienced in reading and understanding drawings

Additional Info:

• Free, secure parking
• Located close to a variety of amenities such as McDonalds, Morrisons, M&S, TK Maxx, ASDA
• 3% employer pension contribution

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Posted Date: 11/27/2024