Buyer

Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS); Hastings; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology leader in the UK is seeking a Purchasing professional to manage commodity purchasing for electronics and consumables. The candidate should have purchasing experience, strong IT skills including Excel, and good communication abilities. This position involves overseeing order management, supplier relationships, and ensuring timely deliveries. The role offers a competitive salary and performance-based bonuses, along with various health and wellness incentives.

Benefits

Competitive Salary Package

Performance-Based Bonus Plans

Health and Wellness Incentives

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Community Outreach Programs

Employee Resource Group

Qualifications

• Able to prioritize and manage workload effectively.
• Experience with invoice processing and blocked invoices.
• Capability to manage supplier relationships and escalate issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage commodity purchasing for electronics and consumable items.
• Oversee orderbook management and supplier delivery.
• Update and maintain master data for responsible items.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Strong attention to detail

Strong IT skills including Excel

Good communication skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Education

Educated to GCSE Level

Tools

SAP

MRP systems

Job description

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

Why join us

TE Connectivity's Purchasing Teams are responsible for obtaining materials, components, equipment and services, gather quotations, examine bids, and award contracts. They perform cost analysis and volume planning for commodities, evaluate vendor reliability and develop new supply sources where required. They coordinate purchasing activities with the manufacturing and engineering departments to maintain inventory at planned levels and monitor cost, schedule, and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure best quality at best value. They also look for and recommend cost saving proposals including make vs. buy analysis, alternative sourcing, and vendor evaluation criteria as well as develop specifications for new contract orders.

What you will do

• Trade Commodity purchasing for Electronics, cable, ceramics and consumable items.
• Daily and Weekly orderbook management for all responsible lines, highlighting any late deliveries
• Supplier delivery on time
• Raising of new purchase orders, dealing with pricing enquiries, entering order confirmation
• Reviewing late lines and actioning, informing the relevant planner
• Management of suppliers and orderbook, building excellent supplier relationships.
• Escalation of any issues to purchasing supervisor / relevant sourcing analyst.
• Master data management – update and maintain master data for responsible items, MOQ’s, price breaks, safety stocks
• Managing & reporting KPI targets – delivery on time, confirmation of purchase orders
• Invoice processing, resolving blocked invoices & amendments of purchase orders
• MRP Exception management

Your ideal background

• Educated to GCSE Level
• Previous Purchasing experience
• Strong IT skills including excel, including relevant MRP experience, SAP would be advantageous
• Proactive, strong attention to detail
• Must be able to prioritise and manage workload in line with demanding business requirements, achieving expedited turnarounds with suppliers when required.
• Must be able to think creatively and logically and be able to work in detail without supervision.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY

TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 9,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 130 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:

• Competitive Salary Package
• Performance-Based Bonus Plans
• Health and Wellness Incentives
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
• Employee Resource Group

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