Buyer

Bischof+Klein SE & Co. KG; Telford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Bischof+Klein SE & Co. KG is looking for a Site Buyer in Telford. The role involves negotiating purchasing contracts, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring quality assurance in supply processes. Candidates should have experience in the flexographic printing industry and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills. A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package await the successful candidate.

Benefits

Performance bonus

Defined contribution pension scheme

Death in service cover

Income protection insurance

Employee assistance program

25 days holiday pa, increasing to 27 days pa with service

Flexible hours structure

Opportunity for home working

Qualifications

• Experience in the flexographic printing industry.
• Proven track record in a manufacturing environment.
• Dynamic and proactive approach to market conditions.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate purchasing contracts to achieve cost savings.
• Develop purchasing contracts for lean supply.
• Monitor supplier performance and ensure adherence to quality standards.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Project management

Commercial awareness

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Job Purpose

To work collaboratively with our internal and external business partners, following the CIPS code of conduct. The Site Buyer is to effectively negotiate purchasing contracts adding value through Time, Cost, and Quality whilst providing a service of supply that meets all operational requirements of the business, allowing Bischof & Klein to exceed our customers’ expectations.

To deliver the best direct & indirect purchasing value to Operations, allowing B&K Telford to Manufacture and Supply competitively all materials and services in line with our customers’ requirements.

Candidate Profile

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills the ability to influence, network and develop relationships at all levels.
• Experienced in the flexographic printing industry, candidates will be able to demonstrate previous experience in a similar role within a manufacturing environment.
• A proven track record of managing projects and delivering cost saving initiatives in a manufacturing environment, without impacting internal and external customers.
• A proven track record of commercial awareness with a dynamic and proactive approach to market conditions.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

Time - Service & Availability

• Provide our suppliers with quarterly forecasts in line with our customers demand, ensuring suppliers understand deviations of supply.
• Develop and customise purchasing contracts for continuous lean supply in line with group sourcing policies and procedures.
• Monitoring supplier performance ensuring adherence to Time, Cost and Quality requirements, undertaking corrective action where appropriate.
• To ensure supplier supply systems support lean production requirements.
• Act as a facilitator between users of materials and services and our suppliers.

Cost - Purchase Price Productivity

• To maintain and strive to over achieve purchase price targets.
• Continuous revision of prices and specifications with a view to cost reduction.
• Drive innovative changes in materials identifying cost saving benefits through raw material excellence team.
• Evaluate and challenge all price revisions and their commercial effect on sales price evolution.
• Constantly review supply markets for competitive sources, innovations in materials, supply systems, using the most appropriate indices for validation.
• Engaging suppliers in value analysis & cost reduction programs.
• Support continuous improvement teams.

Quality - Quality Assurance & Supplier Development

• Establish and sustain long term partnerships with suppliers.
• Ensure quality assurance of suppliers through regular supplier reviews/visits and ensure corrective action taken in conjunction with quality department.
• Ensure suppliers are in possession of latest material or service specifications.
• Ensure new specifications are submitted to the suppliers.
• Manage any change in specification to minimise obsolete stock, ensuring adherence to the standard.
• Education of suppliers through meetings, presentations and audits.
• Monitor quality of suppliers through regular supplier reviews/visits and ensure corrective action taken in conjunction with quality department.
• Select key suppliers for supplier development process and execute in conjunction with the Supplier development / Quality team.
• Work with suppliers to identify continuous improvement initiatives.

Personal attributes:

The appointee will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Commitment and determination to succeed delivering on customers’ expectations
• Views all internal and external stakeholders as customers
• Cross functional communication required verbally and in writing
• A pro-active, innovative and creative approach to their tasks and responsibilities
• The ability to work to targets with a strategic analytical, problem-solving approach to their work
• Adaptable, hands-on, capable and reliable individual
• The personality to positively influence colleagues.
• Forward thinking and a willingness to promote and embrace change.
• Self-motivated
• Flexibility as a team player with the ability to work on their own initiative

Remuneration Package.

Competitive salary - DOE.

Performance bonus.

Defined contribution pension scheme with matching employer contribution of 5%.

Salary sacrifice option available on pension contributions.

Death in service cover (3 times salary).

Income protection insurance.

Employee assistance programme.

25 days holiday pa, increasing to 27 days pa with service (plus statutory days).

36.5 hour standard working week with flexible hours structure and opportunity for home working.

The Company

The B+K-GROUP is a €500m+ p.a. turnover, family owned, leading European full-service supplier of flexible plastic and laminate packaging and technical films. B+K employs a total of around 2,800 staff at five production plants in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Poland. It is represented around the world by a strong network of sales offices.

Its UK site in Telford Shropshire employs c110 people. With a turnover in excess of £25m p.a. the business has a blue-chip customer base in consumer and industrial markets including international brands and household names.

The site houses modern blown film extrusion technology, 4 modern flexographic printers (8 and 10 colour) and conversion equipment manufacturing blown mono and co-extruded films, printed film and heavy-duty sacks.

Our solutions

Products: Converted packaging, clean room packaging, material on reel/automatic machine films, technical films + composites, surface protection films.

Services: Innovation, preprint, hazardous goods testing, technical service.

Industries we serve

We offer our products and services into the following industries:Agriculture+horticulture, construction, chemicals+petrochemicals, house+home, hygiene+care, food, logistics+stretch hood films, metal+plastic surfaces, pharma+medical, tapes+liners, pet products, detergents+cleaning materials.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain

• Industries

  Packaging and Containers Manufacturing, Manufacturing, and Plastics Manufacturing

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