Buyer

Rullion; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% annual bonus

Pension contribution 10%

Healthcare cover

Life insurance

Job summary

Rullion seeks a Buyer to manage supplier relationships and drive procurement across high-value engineering projects in the UK. You will negotiate terms, oversee purchase orders, monitor timelines and costs, and mitigate risks with cross-functional teams.

The role is based in Rugby with six months office-based work, then hybrid. You will travel to supplier sites as needed and contribute to value-adding cost-saving initiatives while ensuring quality and delivery performance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in buying, procurement, sourcing or supply chain.
• Experience managing suppliers and purchase orders in a project-based environment.
• Strong negotiation and commercial skills; proactive problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and manage supplier terms and conditions, including claims and supplier recovery
• Manage purchase orders, order fulfilment, invoice queries and supplier expediting to ensure on-time delivery
• Monitor supplier performance against schedule, cost, quality and manufacturing requirements
• Coordinate supplier and product qualification activities with Quality and Engineering teams
• Identify supply chain risks and develop appropriate mitigation plans
• Develop alternative sources and risk mitigation strategies for single and sole-source suppliers
• Identify and deliver cost-saving and value-adding opportunities across the supply chain
• Support the resolution of commercial, technical, quality and delivery issues
• Support engineering changes, quality escalations and supplier recovery activities

Skills

Buying

Procurement

Sourcing

Supply Chain

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

MS Project

Job description

We're looking for a Buyer to play a key role in managing our supply chain across complex, high-value engineering projects. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with suppliers and internal teams to ensure components are delivered safely, on time, to the required quality and within cost.

Reporting to the UK Sourcing Leader, you'll be responsible for managing supplier relationships, supporting procurement activities, resolving supply chain issues and identifying opportunities to improve performance and reduce risk.

Location: Rugby, with travel to suppliers as required (6 months office based, hybrid afterwards)

Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 DOE + 10% annual bonus + benefits (10% employer pension contribution, healthcare cover, life insurance)

Key Responsibilities

• Negotiate and manage supplier terms and conditions, including claims and supplier recovery
• Manage purchase orders, order fulfilment, invoice queries and supplier expediting to ensure on-time delivery
• Monitor supplier performance against schedule, cost, quality and manufacturing requirements
• Coordinate supplier and product qualification activities with Quality and Engineering teams
• Identify supply chain risks and develop appropriate mitigation plans
• Develop alternative sources and risk mitigation strategies for single and sole-source suppliers
• Identify and deliver cost-saving and value-adding opportunities across the supply chain
• Support the resolution of commercial, technical, quality and delivery issues
• Support engineering changes, quality escalations and supplier recovery activities

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in Buying, Procurement, Sourcing or Supply Chain, ideally within an engineering or manufacturing environment
• Experience managing suppliers and purchase orders within a project-based environment
• Strong negotiation and commercial skills
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to resolving issues
• Good IT skills, including SAP and Microsoft Office
• Experience with MS Project would be beneficial

Desirable Experience

• Experience within the Power, Energy, Nuclear, Defence or Engineering industries
• Experience working with complex or high-value engineering products
• Supplier Quality or Quality Engineering experience
• Previous SC clearance would be beneficial but is not essential

Additional Information

This is a high-volume, high-value project environment, where you'll be managing established suppliers and supporting multiple workstreams at the same time.

The successful candidate will need to be able to travel to UK supplier sites when required and be comfortable managing competing priorities, supplier issues and project escalations.

This work is undertaken with UK Defence customers, which will require the successful candidate to hold or be capable of obtaining SC Level clearance as a UK passport holder. Applicants who are not cleared will not be accepted into the business until the required clearance is provided.

Dual passport holders are acceptable where the second country is approved by the relevant vetting authority.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.