Buyer

Butler Ross; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-expanding organisation in Cheltenham seeks a permanent Buyer as part of their purchasing team. This role offers significant opportunities for career advancement and involves overseeing supplier performance, managing relationships, and ensuring delivery of parts while adhering to business policies and ethical standards.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in purchasing or procurement within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong IT Skills, including knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems.
• Excellent negotiation, organizational, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee quality, cost, and delivery performance of allocated suppliers.
• Lead supplier relationships and mitigate supply chain disruptions.
• Manage the RFQ process and ensure on-time delivery of purchased parts.

Skills

Negotiation

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Self Motivation

Confidence

Tools

MS Office

ERP Systems

Job description

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A fast-expanding organisation is seeking a permanent Buyer to join their team in Cheltenham, offering a salary of £45,000.

This Procurement role has been established as a result of business growth and recent acquisitions. The Buyer will be part of the purchasing department, with significant opportunities for advancement to a Senior Buyer role in the coming years.

Ideal candidates will have prior experience in purchasing or procurement, particularly within a manufacturing setting, at either the Buyer or Junior Buyer level, and should be eager to advance their careers.

Role responsibilities of the Buyer include:

• Oversee quality, cost, and delivery performance of allocated suppliers to support production and spares requirements effectively.
• Lead supplier relationships by assessing risks and implementing countermeasures to mitigate supply chain disruptions.
• Manage the RFQ process and negotiations, converting purchase demands into orders following thorough vendor evaluations.
• Ensure on-time delivery of purchased parts through meticulous management of the allocated suppliers' order books.
• Keep the business ERP system updated with accurate supplier delivery commitments and maintain purchasing master data for team suppliers.
• Ensure adherence to business policies, regulatory requirements, and ethical trading standards while suggesting continuous improvement initiatives.

Person Specification of the Buyer:

• Previous experience in a purchasing or procurement or Buyer role within a manufacturing environment
• Excellent negotitation, organisational and communication skills.
• Strong IT Skills, including working knowledge of MS Office and ERP systems.
• Ability to be self motivated and confident with a keen desire to progress.

Up to £45k

This role requires full on site presence.

This role will be well suited to you if you have held a role within purchasing or procurement as a buyer, sourcing specialist, commodity manager, category manager, senior buyer, materials planner, materials controller or junior buyer.