Technical Buyer

The Collective Network Limited; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The Collective Network Limited in Gloucester is seeking a Technical Buyer to join a fast-growing composites-focused business serving aerospace, automotive, defence and space sectors. You will turn MRP demand into purchase orders in SYSPRO and own suppliers end to end across two sites.

You'll build second sources for critical items, manage subcontract suppliers from machining to NDT, ensure material availability before client delivery commitments, and track delivery and price variance with

Qualifications

• Manufacturing buying experience where you owned suppliers, not just raised orders.
• Genuine negotiation skills, including recovering when a supplier misses.
• Hands-on ERP/MRP skills (SYSPRO is a bonus).
• A full UK driving licence for regular Gloucester to Swindon travel.
• Aerospace, automotive or defence experience helps.

Responsibilities

• Turn MRP demand into purchase orders in SYSPRO
• Own suppliers end to end: sourcing, price, terms and performance
• Build a second source for anything critical
• Manage subcontract suppliers, from machining to NDT
• Give a straight answer on material availability before delivery dates are promised to clients
• Track supplier delivery and price variance with data, not opinion

Skills

Manufacturing buying experience

Negotiation skills

ERP/MRP skills

Education

CIPS

Tools

SYSPRO

Job description

Technical Buyer

Up to GBP50,000

Gloucester

Some of the materials you'll buy take six months to arrive. Guess who gets asked about that.

Our client is a fast-growing advanced composites manufacturer supplying aerospace, automotive, defence and space. Lead times are the biggest threat to delivery dates, and you'll be the person who knows the real numbers.

You'll:

• Turn MRP demand into purchase orders in SYSPRO
• Own suppliers end to end: sourcing, price, terms and performance
• Build a second source for anything critical
• Manage subcontract suppliers, from machining to NDT
• Give a straight answer on material availability before delivery dates are promised to clients
• Track supplier delivery and price variance with data, not opinion

You buy, a dedicated Planner schedules. Two sites, one set of numbers.

You'll need:

• Manufacturing buying experience where you owned suppliers, not just raised orders
• Genuine negotiation skills, including recovering when a supplier misses
• Hands-on ERP/MRP skills (SYSPRO is a bonus)
• A full UK driving licence for regular Gloucester to Swindon travel

Aerospace, automotive or defence experience helps, as does CIPS.

It's a chance to build a purchasing function in a growing business, not inherit a finished one.