Buyer

Wallace Hind Selection; Melton Mowbray; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4% employer pension

Cashback medical plan

37.5 hour working week

Lunchtime finish on a Friday

24 days holiday + bank holidays

External training and qualifications

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking a hands-on Buyer for our Oakham manufacturing site. You will manage procurement of raw materials, consumables, parts and components, supporting the buying team and ensuring timely orders as we scale.

The role offers a clear path into a more senior buying position, with a 37.5-hour week, pension, and training to develop industry qualifications. You’ll work closely with production planning and suppliers to drive cost reductions and lead-time improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement within a manufacturing or assembly environment.
• Stock control, supplier management, and cost reduction experience.
• Proficient with ERP systems and Excel.
• Familiar with CAD drawings and BOMs.
• Experience with stainless steel, aluminium, sheet metal and sub-assemblies is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive down procurement costs and improve supplier lead times.
• Ensure materials and components are ordered with transparent lead times.
• Raise, chase and close purchase orders.
• Maintain stock levels within minimum and maximum ranges.
• Support the existing Buying team.

Skills

Procurement experience

Stock control

Supplier management

ERP systems

Excel skills

CAD drawings

BOMs

Cost reduction

Lead times

Tools

ERP software

Job description

As a Buyer, are you frustrated in your current procurement role or just ready for a new challenge? If you want more autonomy and responsibility to drive change and improvements in our purchasing function, with a clear career path into a more senior buying role, then you should keep reading. We're a manufacturing and assembly site in Oakham, with a domestic and international client base, and we need your help to drive our purchasing department forwards.

BASIC SALARY: Up to £40,000 dependent on your relevant experience

BENEFITS:

• 4% employer pension
• Cash back medical plan after probation
• 37.5 hour working week
• Lunchtime finish on a Friday
• 24 days holiday + bank holidays - rising with service
• External training and qualifications, if needed for your development

LOCATION: Oakham, Rutland

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS:

• Corby
• Melton Mowbray
• Market Harborough
• Stamford
• Grantham
• Uppingham
• Peterborough
• Kettering
• Wellingborough

Why should you join us?

• Our business is growing thanks to the government-backed incentives around the power industry
• We can offer you genuine career development into a more senior buying role
• We manufacture on site, so you can get involved hands on with the business and really make a difference

JOB DESCRIPTION: Buyer, Procurement - raw materials, manufacturing, production, engineering

Our procurement team and production planning work closely together, so you'll know what to buy and how much of it. We have over 1000+ different SKUs that we directly procure. As a Buyer, you'll support our existing Buyers, ease their workload and be involved in all areas of direct purchasing including raw materials, consumables, parts, and components. No two days will be the same.

This role is vital in the success of our business growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Buyer, Procurement - raw materials, manufacturing, production, engineering

• Drive down procurement costs, improve our existing supplier lead times, improve product quality.
• Ensure your raw materials, parts and components are ordered in a timely manner, with transparency of lead times - there will be 1000s of different things being bought. Some are simple reorder generation, others will be bespoke or one-off purchase orders.
• Raise, chase and close off POs
• Find that balance between minimum and maximum stock levels
• Support the existing Buying team

YOUR BACKGROUND: Buyer, Procurement - raw materials, manufacturing, engineering

• Solid procurement exposure from a manufacturing or production / assembly environment
• Experience of stock control and supplier management, cost reduction and improving lead times
• You will be competent with ERP systems and have good Excel skills too
• Experienced with CAD drawings (Schematics) / Bill of Materials (BOMs)
• Ideally your direct buying experience will cover a variety of things such as stainless steel, aluminium, fabricated or machined parts, sheet-metal, mild steel and sub-assemblies, hydraulics, pneumatics, fasteners, technical consumables etc so you will find the transition to us easier.

But, we also welcome your application if you come from any manufacturing related procurement background.

THE COMPANY:

We design and manufacture our own special purpose machinery and equipment. We sell domestically and globally into the power and telecoms sectors.

PROSPECTS:

There is a genuine career development opportunity for you within our business if you are good enough.