Buyer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Career progression

Occasional business trips

20 days holidays + BH

Job summary

Aspire Recruitment is partnering with a leading manufacturing company in Skelmersdale to appoint a Buyer. This permanent, office-based role offers hybrid working options and a salary between £31,000 and £34,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Monday to Friday, standard office hours. You will manage end-to-end purchasing, source products from factories for worldwide retailers, negotiate prices, set up item codes in SAP, raise purchase orders and oversee production to shipment, with occasional

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in a Buying role or related duties.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Familiar with SAP system is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Choosing the right products and from the right suppliers based on audits and capabilities.
• Working closely with the sales and design teams to negotiate the best prices alongside providing accurate information for 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

Buying experience

Sourcing

Negotiation

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

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.