Buyer

Swegon UK&I; Whitstable; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Inclusive and diverse workplace

Flexible organizational culture

Job summary

Swegon UK&I is seeking a Buyer in Whitstable to manage the Supply Chain function, ensuring accuracy and operational efficiency. This role involves negotiating with suppliers, maintaining material availability, and utilizing ERP systems (Avante and M3) to support the manufacturing process.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Purchasing role within a Manufacturing environment, with strong ERP understanding and excellent organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive understanding of MRP/ERP systems required.
• Five years of experience in a purchasing role within a manufacturing setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with suppliers to support operational needs.
• Negotiate pricing and lead times with suppliers.
• Maintain and update pricing in ERP systems.
• Ensure customer demands are met through MRP management.
• Work closely with various teams to ensure operational efficiency.

Skills

Comprehensive use and understanding of MRP/ERP systems

Excellent organisational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Minimum of 5 years experience in Purchasing role

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Buyer will efficiently manage the Supply Chain function, ensuring accuracy and operational efficiency within the Supply Chain team. This role involves negotiating competitive pricing and service levels with all suppliers, whilst maintaining material availability for a seamless manufacturing process, without holding excessive inventory. Utilising two ERP systems (Avante and M3) and working closely with other departments to maintain a high level of customer service.

This role is fully office based, five days per week at our site in Whitstable, Kent and the appointed employee would need to live within close proximity to the site, with a full UK driving licence.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Create and maintain strong working relationships with suppliers to support operational needs.
• Set up supplier agreements – Negotiate pricing and lead times as required.
• Maintain and update pricing in all ERP systems.
• Maintain, Avante / M3 and support continuous improvement.
• Manage the MRP system, ensuring all customer demands are met.
• Work closely with the CS Team, to maintain and provide a high level of communication with our customers.
• Set and maintain supply chain KPI’s and supply reports when required.
• Work closely with Stores to ensure inventory is kept at a suitable level for business needs.
• Work closely with engineering on new product development projects.
• Maintain pricing agreements with current suppliers.
• Manage and lead supply chain projects as they arise.
• Identify high risk bought in parts and seek potential new suppliers.
• Coordinate the collation of yearly spend data for reporting purposes.
• Support the Supply Chain and Logistics Manager in identifying and implementing continuous improvement.

Experience

• Comprehensive use and understanding of MRP/ERP systems.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• A minimum of 5 years previous experience in a Purchasing role within a Manufacturing/ Construction organisation would be advantageous.

Qualifications

• Strong computer literacy – Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, in line with the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible to all. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Benefits

At Swegon, we work to create the world's best indoor climate that makes people thrive and feel good inside. We offer exciting challenges in a global environment with competent colleagues and a culture characterized by our values: Customer Empathy, Trust, and Commitment, which permeate everything we do and are the basis for the decisions we make and how we interact with each other. At Swegon, we have an open and flexible organisational culture with short decision‑making processes, plenty of development opportunities, and we care about you being able to balance your work with your personal life. We place great emphasis on personal qualities, welcome applicants with different backgrounds, and strive for diversity and gender equality.

Agency Statement

We are not looking to use any agencies to fill this vacancy.