Project Buyer

Robert Bosch Group; St. Neots; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in mechanical and plant engineering is seeking an experienced Buyer at its St Neots office. This role involves supporting procurement activities across various UK locations while managing supplier relationships to ensure efficiency and quality in purchasing operations.

Benefits

Company Performance Related Pay

Pension

26 days holiday increasing to 30 with service

Staff discounts

Perkbox

Employee Assistance Programme

Free car parking on site

Qualifications

• Experience as a buyer in an engineering company is essential.
• Conversant in Microsoft Office and SAP.
• Knowledge/awareness of hydraulic and factory automation solutions preferred.

Responsibilities

• Requesting quotes, analysing and making sourcing decisions.
• Managing supplier audits and conducting annual assessments.
• Developing relationships with other departments for cost reduction.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Customer Focus

Education

Engineering background

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP R3

Job description

Bosch Rexroth supports mechanical and plant engineering challenges around the world with its cutting-edge technology and unique industry knowledge. More than 32,300 employees worldwide work on safe, efficient, intelligent and powerful solutions. With our cross-technology portfolio, digital services and comprehensive service, we are thepartner for machines and plants.

WE MOVE. YOU WIN.

We now have a vacancy at our Head Office in St Neots, Cambridgeshire for an experienced Buyer to support the procurement of materials from external suppliers for our engineering build activities across our various locations in the UK. The successful candidate will have prior demonstrable experience of working as a buyer in an engineering company.

Job Description

Main Objectives and tasks:

Support operational requirements

• Requesting for quotation, analysing quotes, and making sourcing recommendation/decisions using comparison of quotation (COQ) and/or decision matrix
• Check drawings and specifications with suppliers for quotations
• Updating prices in SAP (PR1), costing of parts, and resolving blocked invoices (PM7)
• Ensuring accuracy of source list for the processing of Purchase Orders
• Assist Sales/Engineering process with collecting target prices and effective quotations
• Planning and organising meetings, preparing accurate minutes and documentation for meetings, ensuring prompt distribution and follow up of actions
• Documenting purchasing decisions in accordance with company guidelines/requirements, ensuring complete access of relevant data by maintaining files (e.g., supplier information, quotation, negotiation agreements, contracts etc.)

Manage the supplier base and procurement process

• Conducting annual price negotiations with local suppliers (1:1 relationship) in alignment with the material field specialist strategy
• Renegotiate initial offers from suppliers to generate further savings, while ensuring materials and services are bought at the most competitive price and at best negotiated cost
• Identify new local suppliers, agree terms, and negotiate supply agreements such as incoterms and payment terms where appropriate, including volume rebates
• Undertaking annual supplier assessments together with quality and logistic department on delivery, quality, communication, and pricing performance while ensuring that optimal performance levels are achieved
• Visiting suppliers and customers, providing a proactive response to problems, and identifying appropriate solutions to improve performance
• Ensuring Quality assurance agreements, corporate agreements, confidentiality agreements and certificates are obtained from suppliers where appropriate
• Conducting supplier audit together with QMM and assist in processing quality notifications
• Analysing price variations monthly to provide justification on new and repeat parts
• Supporting and implementing local purchasing strategy and strategies defined by material field specialist (MFS) and including the strategy of the regional concept.
• Monitoring suppliers’ dependency level to minimise risks
  

Develop strong relationships with other functional departments

• Participating in projects meetings with Sales/Engineers, identifying measures to reduce costs and/or delivery timescales for a job prior to technical specification
• Responsible for CIP within Purchasing
• 5S Auditor within Purchasing office
• Sharing ideas and suggestions for improvements using CIP Methodology
• Participate in activities related to DCGB improvements (Actions such as: Accelerate Program)
• Traveling for supplier and site visits
• Regional conferences or cross location meetings

Applicable to all Jobs

• To carry out other tasks that may be reasonably requested from time to time.
• To complete all tasks and objectives in accordance with customers' technical, quality and delivery requirements, standard company procedures and policies, Health and Safety, and environmental requirements and industry Codes of Practice.

Behavioural Competency Profile

• Ability to focus on objectives and meet deadlines in required timescales
• Customer focussed, responding proactively to requests from both internal and external customers
• Excellent communication skills dealing with third parties and stakeholders on a day to day basis
• Strong negotiation skills, with the ability to positively influence required outcomes for the customer and the business
• Team player
• Excellent influencing and organisational skills
• Multiple management of projects, demonstrating strong attention to detail

Qualifications

• Conversant in Microsoft Office products
• SAP R3 or similar integrated system
• Desirable – Engineering background including knowledge/awareness of the hydraulic and factory automation solutions we are providing to customers

Additional Information

We offer a competitive package including;

• Company Performance Related Pay
• Benefits:Pension, 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing to 30 days with service, Staff discounts, Perkbox, Employee Assistance Programme, free car parking on site.

Please apply with your CV and covering letter.