Buyer

Airedale International; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Airedale by Modine is seeking an experienced Buyer to join the Purchasing team. You will manage the purchase of goods, indirect materials and maintenance services, supporting local production within a global supply chain.

Key responsibilities include supplier evaluation, price negotiation, and ensuring quality compliance while collaborating with engineering, finance and stores. This role is based in the UK and offers growth with a leading critical cooling solutions provider.

Qualifications

• Experience of purchasing in a manufacturing industry.
• Good communication skills, internally and externally across levels.
• Ability to analyse data and charts, and propose effective policies.
• Excel/ Word/ PowerPoint and Outlook office skills.
• Supply chain management principles across a diverse supplier base.
• Track record of cost reduction achievements through price negotiation or partnering with suppliers to engineer out cost.
• CIPS qualification would be an advantage.
• SAP functional knowledge and usage would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage and control the Purchase of goods, indirect materials and maintenance services.
• Support local production requirements within a growing global supply chain.
• Assist our global Purchasing team and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Monitor KPIs and drive year-on-year spend savings.
• Evaluate market prices to secure reduced long-term prices.
• Ensure supplier products meet specifications and quality standards.
• Coordinate purchasing activities daily by interpreting orders and production documents.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Communication skills

Data analysis

Cost reduction

Supply chain management

Education

CIPS qualification (advantage)

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

At Modine, we are Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World™. Building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, we provide trusted systems and solutions that improve air quality and conserve natural resources. Our Airedale by Modine brand is a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative thermal management solutions for data centers, clean rooms, hospitals, universities, and other mission-critical environments.

Never heard of Airedale by Modine? In short, we cool the internet. Ever used an app to book a taxi? Ever had a video meeting? Ever bought something online? Chances are, the digital 1s and 0s you’ve created and sent are being kept cool by Airedale by Modine. We’re one of the key cogs in the global machine that keeps your digital world running smoothly.

Trusted as The Critical Cooling Specialists, Airedale by Modine has decades of experience providing efficient, flexible end-to-end cooling solutions that work smarter, not harder, to deliver more cooling for less power. With manufacturing facilities in Canada, Spain, the UK, and the U.S., we’re scaling up across the world to support an ever-growing demand for our solutions. That’s where you come in….

Position Description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Buyer working as part of the Purchasing team reporting to the Purchasing Supervisor.

Key Responsibilities

An experienced buyer to manage and control the Purchase of goods, Indirect materials and Maintenance services. As part of a growing global supply chain you would manage local production requirements, along with assisting our global Purchasing team.

£100 million team spend
£8 million inventory control [team]

Key accountabilities for this role include:

• Evaluate and benchmark market prices and other opportunities to secure reduced long term prices
• Assess supplier products to ensure that they comply with specifications and meet quality standards
• Analyse and evaluate supplier bids, tenders, proposals or quotations
• Negotiate prices, delivery conditions/incoterms and commit to purchases with terms that are in the company’s best interest
• Interpret inventory requests, production schedules, purchase requisitions, orders and other documents to co-ordinate purchasing activities daily
• Monitor KPIs and hold regular business review meetings with suppliers
• Achieve year on year spend savings
• Work collaboratively with internal customers (engineering, finance, stores, production - etc)

Required Education & Qualifications

• Experience of purchasing in a manufacturing industry
• Able to demonstrate good communication skills, both internally and externally across all levels.
• Ability to analyse data and charts, and propose effective policies
• Excel/ Word/ PowerPoint and Outlook office skills
• Able to demonstrate supply chain management principles across a diverse supplier base.
• Ability to demonstrate a track record of cost reduction achievements through price negotiation or partnering with suppliers to engineer out cost of the product or supplier process.
• CIPS qualification would be an advantage
• SAP functional knowledge and usage would be an advantage