Buyer

Brooklyn Recruitment; Cannock; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday off

Death in service

Pension: matched

Health insurance

Job summary

Brooklyn Recruitment is seeking a Buyer for a Cannock-based manufacturing site. You will establish relationships with suppliers, negotiate costs and freight, maintain safety stock, and support LEAN initiatives to drive on-time delivery and cost savings.

Joining a 6-strong procurement team, you’ll work in a friendly environment with a strong focus on development, training, and progression, and you’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary and benefits including pension and health cover.

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing within a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to negotiate with suppliers and manage cost reduction.
• Experience supporting LEAN manufacturing initiatives.
• Strong supplier relationship management and communication.

Responsibilities

• Establish relationships with and negotiate with suppliers.
• Negotiate freight costs and ensure on-time delivery.
• Adhere to all buying procedures and maintain safety stock levels.
• Work with LEAN initiatives and escalate supplier quality issues as needed.
• Ensure payment terms align with company standards and negotiate quotes.
• Produce supplier reports and manage supplier categorization.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Supplier negotiation

Purchasing experience

LEAN manufacturing

Relationship building

Cost negotiation

Job description

Buyer Manufacturing - Cannock

Brooklyn Recruitment currently have an exciting role available in the Cannock area for a Buyer within the manufacturing sector. This role would suit someone with purchasing / buying experience within a manufacturing environment, electrical manufacturing would be ideal but isn t essential.

This company have an excellent working environment with the building being light, bright and clean. You would be joining a 6 strong (growing) procurement team as a Buyer and a total workforce of around 200 but this company still has a family friendly feel to it, where everyone is known by name and you even get your birthday off!

As a Buyer you will be:

• Establishing relationships with and negotiating with suppliers.


• Negotiating freight costs.


• Adhering to all buying procedures.


• Establishing and updating safety stock levels against demand.


• Working with LEAN manufacturing initiatives.


• Escalating any supplier quality issues with the NCR team.


• Ensuring all supplier payment terms are in line with the company standards.


• Negotiating once quotes are received to ensure the best deals.


• Rejecting / negotiating any price increases from suppliers.


• Working with suppliers to ensure they deliver on time and in full.


• Producing supplier reports and categorising them.


• Other duties as required.

The working hours for this Senior Buyer s role are excellent:

Mon Thurs 8am 5.15pm

Fri 8am 12pm

In return for all of your hardwork as Buyer you will be rewarded with a generous salary, a friendly working environment, death in service , matched pension scheme, health benefits, your birthday off and excellent promotional and training opportunities.