Job Details

Purchasing Officer/Buyer – Manufacturing

Do you have a background within Purchasing/Buying/Supply chain?

Do you want to have responsibility for a purchasing administrator/assistant? Could this be the next step in your career to become a Purchasing Manager/Senior Purchasing officer?

Do you want to work within a large manufacturer who have facilities across the UK?

The basics

Location: Ripley

Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm

Salary: up to 27,000

Holidays: Holiday entitlement is 21 days + Bank Hols for the first year, increasing to 23 after a year's service and by a further day for every subsequent 3 complete holiday year's service up to a maximum of 28 days (+ Bank Hols)

Benefits: profit related pay paid in July. Sick pay, Pension, Death in service, Private medical health

The role in brief:

To purchase all consumables for the manufacturing facility from pens and paper to company cars, to materials to aid manufacture.

Aided by an purchasing administrator you will report into the Purchasing Director.

Responsible for all materials and supplier management.

The ideal Purchasing Officer/Buyer will have as many of the following in order to strengthen application:

• Previous experience in a Purchasing/Buying/Supply chain role
• The ability to manage the buying process with a strong focus on ensuring consumables are delivered on time
• Any SAGE Experience advantageous
• Understanding of ERP/MRP or similar supply chain systems
• Proficient Microsoft Office use – Strong Excel skills
• A purchasing background within a manufacturing/production/engineering environment highly beneficial
• Strong analytical skills

Accountabilities

Stock, Product Availability and Control

• Monitor and maintain stocks of all consumables on site – from pens to materials that aid manufacture
• Periodic stock checks.
  
  

Relationships with Supply Chain Partners

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with supply chain partners
• Query deliveries late to order to ensure subsequent risk does not take place.
• Build and sustain close relationships with external customers.
  
  

If you are interested in the Purchasing Officer/Buyer role, please apply immediately due to the urgency of this role. If you have any questions at all please contact Matthew Brown/Steve Brown on 01332 360055

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