Buyer

MTrec Ltd Technical; Washington; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

MTrec Ltd Technical is recruiting a Buyer for a market-leading manufacturing client. The role focuses on timely purchasing of production consumables and raw materials to align with production plans, using MRP data and historical usage to forecast demand.

You will review supplier performance, negotiate contracts, and handle internal requisitions, requiring strong IT skills and excellent interpersonal and negotiation abilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a buying role within manufacturing.
• Experience using MRP systems and strong IT skills.
• Good interpersonal and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Purchase production consumables and raw materials to meet production plans.
• Analyse demand lead-times using MRP data and historical usage.
• Monitor vendor ratings and ensure materials meet specifications.
• Negotiate contracts for production items and non-stock goods.
• Process internal purchasing requisitions.

Skills

MRP systems

IT skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation experience

Buying in manufacturing

Tools

MRP systems

Job description

The Company

Our client is a market leading manufacturing company. Due to growth, they are now looking to recruit a Buyer.

The Role

• To ensure all production consumables and raw materials and are purchased in a timely manner to meet manufacturing production plans.
• Working with MRP systems, studying demand lead-times, considering historical data against current usage patterns and using own initiative/knowledge.
• Monitor, record and report the vendor rating system for raw material and suppliers.
• Review raw materials to ensure incoming raw materials meet agreed specifications.
• You will negotiate purchasing contracts for production consumables and non-stock items.
• Processing of internal purchasing requisitions.

The Person

• Must have previous experience in a buying role within manufacturing.
• You will have experience using MRP systems and excellent IT skills.
• Have good interpersonal skills.
• Previous negotiating experience.

The Benefits

• You will be working for a well-established growing employer.
• An excellent salary.
• A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.
• The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices.