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Buyer
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
£35,875pa + Extensive benefits package (Inc. 10.5% Pension Contributions I Bonus Scheme I Share Incentives I Life Insurance I Health Package)
Are you ready to step into a role where your ideas matter, your ambition is celebrated, and your growth is unlimited?
We’re on the hunt for a smart, driven, and proactive Buyer to join our energetic and ambitious team. This is more than a job - it’s a launchpad for your career.
Seymour John is delighted to be working with a global manufacturing client to add a Buyer to their team. This company is all about growth, with the security of being part of a FTSE 100 group of companies, alongside the agility and autonomous nature of leading innovation in their industry.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage spend on various categories across multiple manufacturing sites taking a sustainable supplier centric approach.
- Negotiate stock holding agreements or other methods to enable smooth materials flow.
- Identify and mitigate risks in the supply chain to maximise customer order delivery success.
- Effective communication of any parts availability risk ensuring that all options to resolve any availability concern is fully explored and appropriate action taken.
- Purchase Order placement for both system driven manufacturing materials and requisitioned parts.
- Identify and implement process improvements in conjunction with cross-functional project teams.
- Supplier development to support achievement of KPIs.
- Manage vendor performance including involvement with supplier audits.
- Identify potential new suppliers and negotiate best terms from all suppliers.
- Interaction with stakeholders at all levels both internally and externally.
- Involvement with NPD, NPI and engineering change activity and effective co-ordination of suppliers and stock requirements
- Work effectively to support strategic customers.
Key Skills & Qualifications
- Experience of fast paced manufacturing procurement.
- Familiarization of working with BoMs and ability to interpret technical drawings.
- Ability to work, tactically and operationally.
- Proven negotiation skills, contract management and the ability to forge relationships across all levels of the business.
- Commercial and financial acumen, with sound analytical skills and attention to detail.
- High work ethic with strong focus on excellent customer service.
- Good presentation and communication skills.
- High level of Excel competency
- Able to interpret technical / safety regulatory information.
- Clean UK driving license required.
- Willingness to travel
Schedule
Monday to Friday on site
