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Buyer

Posted 03 January 2025
Salary £34,000-£38,000
LocationBishop Auckland
Job type Permanent
Industry Sector Technical
ReferenceJ138215
Job FunctionPurchasing/Procurement

Job description

MTrec’s new career opportunity

Our client are specialists in their market sector, this is an outstanding opportunity for a chosen candidate to develop and grow in a positive and supportive culture. They are looking to recruit a Buyer on a permanent basis.

The Job you’ll do

  • Ensure continuous raw material supply to the site to achieve production demands, maintaining minimum/maximum stock targets in parallel with supplier lead times.

  • Raise purchase orders for regular stock items, non-direct material and sub-contracting.

  • Maintain clear visibility of purchase order status; identifying potential late deliveries and taking action to mitigate them.

  • Expediting on a daily basis ensuring a clear visibility for the production team.

  • Investigate and resolve any delivery discrepancies alongside goods in and stores departments, communicating closely with suppliers to root cause issues for resolution.

  • Work closely with overseas and long lead-time supply base

  • Maintain stock level values in line with targets set by the Supply Chain Manager with regular analysis of targets vs actual.

  • Support the Supply Chain Manager with analysis of purchase price variations

  • Follow and support development of procurement department processes and procedures.

  • Ensure prices paid for goods and services are in line with expectation; challenging and negotiating when required.

  • Support the movement of sub-contract material as well as the negotiation of sub-contract pricing.

  • Deal with supplier invoice queries and implement measures and corrective action to prevent recurrence.

About You

  • Experience working as a buyer in an engineering/manufacturing company essential.

  • Experience of working with raw materials (Steel etc) advantageous.

  • Able to use IT and MRP systems.

The Rewards and the Benefits:

  • Permanent role.

  • Excellent training and progression on offer including potential professional Qualifications.

  • Salary between 34-38k.