Manufacturing Buyer — End-to-End Sourcing

Aspire Personnel Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspire Personnel Ltd is recruiting an experienced Supply Chain and Production Buyer to own day-to-day purchasing of components, materials and services for manufacturing and customer requirements. You will ensure reliable supply, competitive terms and strong supplier performance within approved purchasing authority.

Reporting to the Supply Chain & Production Manager, the role combines hands-on order processing with supplier management, ERP/MRP transactions, and cross-functional liaising to

Qualifications

• Hands-on purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience negotiating supplier prices, lead times and commercial terms.
• Proficiency with ERP/MRP purchasing transactions.
• Strong supplier communication, problem solving and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end purchasing of components, materials, and services against approved requirements.
• Supplier sourcing, quotation analysis, negotiation and supplier relationship management.
• Purchase order processing, expediting, delivery resolution and production order raising as required.
• Accurate ERP/MRP transactions and purchasing records.
• Liaise with Production, Stores, Manufacturing Engineer and Quality Inspector to protect material availability.
• Commercial improvement, supply risk identification and escalation.

Skills

Purchasing experience

Negotiation

Supplier communication

Problem solving

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Aspire Personnel Ltd is recruiting an experienced Supply Chain and Production Buyer to own day-to-day purchasing of components, materials and services for manufacturing and customer requirements. You will ensure reliable supply, competitive terms and strong supplier performance within approved purchasing authority.

Reporting to the Supply Chain & Production Manager, the role combines hands-on order processing with supplier management, ERP/MRP transactions, and cross-functional liaising to