Supply Chain Planner Buyer

Spirax-Sarco Engineering; Falmouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Supply Chain Planner Buyer at an innovative company renowned for its commitment to excellence in manufacturing. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to critical procurement processes, ensuring timely delivery of materials while optimizing costs. You will engage with key stakeholders and suppliers, driving performance improvements and fostering effective relationships. With a focus on continuous growth and inclusivity, this position promises a supportive environment where your contributions will be valued. Embrace this chance to make a significant impact in a leading organization dedicated to sustainable practices and innovative solutions.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holiday allowance

Paid volunteering leave

Comprehensive private healthcare

Enhanced retirement plan

Life assurance

Gender-neutral parental leave

Caregiver leave

Support for pregnancy loss

Menopause-friendly workplace principles

Qualifications

• Experience as a Buyer/Planner in manufacturing.
• Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan and control purchased materials for procurement.
• Assist in procurement and sourcing exercises.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Data interpretation

Supplier relationship management

Problem-solving

Education

CIPS Level 4 Foundation Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Job Title: Supply Chain Planner Buyer

Location: Watson Marlow - Bickland Water Road

Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/

Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, a part of the Spirax Group, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

This role will focus on:

This is an 18-month fixed term contract to cover Maternity leave.

Role Purpose:

To plan, organise and control purchased materials for your procurement commodity, ensuring the correct components are supplied at the right time, in the most cost-effective and economical way possible to achieve 100% on time customer delivery.

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Assist the Commodity Buyer in procurement & sourcing exercises whilst maintaining routine operational requirements.
2. Provide assistance in supplier tender and RFQ processing, update & maintain quote information and update open Purchase Order lines.
3. Contribute to reduction of category activity to reduce TCO, volume of purchase orders raised & transportation costs.
4. Identify and lead opportunities within the business, function and designated category to drive performance in supply, cost, quality, innovation and risk, continuous improvement, lean supply, waste reduction and value add initiatives and report through GEM measures.
5. Liaise with internal customers and external suppliers thus ensuring the timely supply of components and services.
6. Motivate, on behalf of the business, effective supplier relationships, ensuring Balance Scorecard Metrics are accurate and reporting on supplier performance issues.
7. Plan, schedule and expedite supply requirements via MRP output to meet production requirements and inventory goals against agreed safety levels, communicating with suppliers to ensure they reflect operational requirements and meet demands.
8. Send approved Purchase orders, including Kanban, Stock, Discrete, Non-stock & Consignment.
9. Control reject orders & review stock levels to determine new orders to be raised.
10. Ensure timely management of Purchasing inbox and order acknowledgements & open order reports.
11. Negotiate and maintain pricing where there is a discrepancy on order acknowledgement.
12. Manage and prevent invoice queries.
13. Transact stock movements to external suppliers through non-stock despatcher process for external operations at sub-contractors.
14. Own the timely customs clearance and C88 / SAD processing for your commodity, liaising with suppliers and freight forwarders regarding any discrepancies or queries.
15. Handle general supplier correspondence, maintaining supplier details & documentation.
16. Record & maintain Supplier Approval Certifications including ISO, Supplier Sustainability Codes, request for information forms, policies and other supplier information such as supplier questionnaires, visit reports, material compliance data etc.
17. Ensure appropriate specifications are supplied to suppliers in support of ECO process & revision control on Purchase Orders.
18. Assist with set up and maintenance of item planning parameters such as lead times, standard / minimum order quantities etc. in accordance with the SIOP material design.
19. Participate in and contribute to Self-Directed Teams / Daily Management reporting and maintain timely updates.
20. Assist in identifying and resolving, via root cause analysis, inventory errors, shortages, late customer deliveries & supplier performance.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

Previous Experience:

• Previous experience as a Buyer/Planner or equivalent within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Building and maintaining effective and productive relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers.
• Negotiation experience, interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Analytical and the ability to interpret data to provide strategic and tactical solutions.
• Purchasing complex items and understanding the technical issues involved.
• Extensive experience of product planning and procurement systems.

Personal Attributes:

• Positive, self-managing and highly motivated who thrives in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• A problem solver with a positive mindset, decisive and able to identify and deliver priorities.
• Ability to collaborate with all stakeholders and work as part of a diverse and successful team.
• Ability to effectively use computer and communication technology such as Microsoft Office and Excel.

Qualifications:

CIPS Level 4 Foundation Diploma Qualified or part qualified or equivalent.

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

• A competitive salary.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• A generous holiday allowance.
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave.
• Comprehensive private healthcare.
• An enhanced retirement plan.
• Life assurance.
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group:
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include:

• Gender-neutral parental leave.
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave.
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse.
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more.

Learn more at Our Inclusion Commitments.

Company Overview:

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Watson-Marlow is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and values unite us, guide our decisions and inspire us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.