Buyer

Aspire Recruitment; Crawford; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Training & development

Career progression

Occasional business trips

20 days holidays

Job summary

Aspire Recruitment is recruiting a Sourcing and Production Buyer for their head office in Skelmersdale. This permanent role offers hybrid working options with a salary of £31,000-£34,000 per year, based on experience.

You will manage end-to-end buying from factories for worldwide retailers, negotiating prices and controlling lead times. Your duties include selecting suppliers, coordinating with sales and design, setting up purchase orders in SAP, and overseeing sample approvals through to

Qualifications

• 1-2 years experience in a Buying role or have had an exposure to Buyer focused duties.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office platforms.

Responsibilities

• Choosing the right products and from the right suppliers based on its audits and capabilities.
• Working closely with the sales and design teams to negotiate the best prices alongside providing accurate information for their tracking sheets.
• Using SAP, setting up item codes and raising purchase orders.
• Managing sample approvals with customers and then following production all the way through to shipment.
• Carrying out quality assurance checks to items arriving at the company's warehouse.

Skills

Negotiation

Sourcing

Lead time management

Tools

SAP

Job description

Buyer

Skelmersdale

Permanent /Office based - hybrid working options

Salary: £31,000-£34,000 per annum (based off experience)

Monday to Friday (office hours)

Join a leading manufacturing company at their head office as a Sourcing and Production Buyer!

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary that ranges between £31,000-£34,000 per annum.
• Opportunities for training and professional development.
• Career progression within a growing business.
• Occasional business trips to other sites across the world.
• 20 days holidays bank holidays.
• Our client is a well-known manufacturing and design business based in Skelmersdale who a market leader in their field for over 30 years. Due to continued growth, they are seeking a Buyer to join their business.

The successful candidate will manage the end to end buying of products from factories for their worldwide retailers, driving sales and profit through effective negotiating, sourcing and lead time control.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Choosing the right products and from the right suppliers based on its audits and capabilities.
• Working closely with the sales and design teams to negotiate the best prices alongside providing accurate information for their tracking sheets.
• Using SAP, setting up item codes and raising purchase orders.
• Managing sample approvals with customers and then following production all the way through to shipment.
• Carrying out quality assurance checks to items arriving at the company's warehouse.

You will ideally have:

• 1-2 years experience in a Buying role or have had an exposure to Buyer focused duties.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office platforms.

Desirable Experience:

• Experienced with the SAP system.

Aspire Recruitment is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.