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Manufacturing Buyer
Job summary
A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Manufacturing Buyer to join a successful company in Christchurch. This role involves supporting day-to-day purchasing by sourcing materials, obtaining quotations, and managing purchase orders. Candidates should have experience in a Buyer or Purchasing Assistant role within engineering, construction, or manufacturing, alongside strong negotiation and communication skills. The position offers Monday to Friday hours, 25 days holiday, and additional benefits.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Prior background working as a Buyer or Purchasing Assistant in the engineering, construction or manufacturing industry.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong negotiation skills.
Responsibilities
- Establish purchasing needs for each project.
- Confirm specification requirements with relevant staff.
- Identify suitable suppliers and obtain quotations.
- Establish delivery timelines for materials.
- Work with the Purchasing Manager for quotations and negotiations.
- Carry out supplier assessments.
- Raise and place purchase orders.
- Expedite purchase orders for timely delivery.
- Review supplier performance.
- Maintain good supplier relationships.
- Work to cost budgets and provide reports.
- Assist in resolving discrepancies with invoices.
Skills
Dovetail Recruitment are working with a very successful and well-established company in Christchurch who are recruiting for a Manufacturing Buyer to join their team. This Manufacturing Buyer role will support the internal team with their day-to-day purchasing requirements by sourcing materials, obtaining quotations, agreeing and placing purchase orders, and expediting timely deliveries. Prior experience working in a purchasing role within an engineering or construction company would be beneficial.
- A salary of DOE per annum
- Monday to Friday working hours 8.15 am - 5.00 pm
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Onsite parking
- Company pension
- Proactively, establishing purchasing needs for each project
- Confirming specification requirements with relevant staff to ensure conformity.
- Identifying suitable suppliers for various products and obtaining quotations
- Establishing when and where materials are required for delivery to meet programmes and/or deadlines
- Working with the Purchasing Manager to obtain quotations, negotiate best price and payment terms, and select best supplier
- Carrying out supplier assessments for new suppliers, including credit check; QA accreditations; CE marking compliance; H&S policy; environmental; ethical trading.
- Raising and placing of purchase orders with approved suppliers
- Expediting purchase orders to achieve complete and on-time delivery
- Periodically reviewing supplier performance and review of supplier status
- Building and maintaining good supplier relationships to ensure best value, quality and priority service
- Working to cost budgets and providing cost variance reports and other KPI data, when required
- Assisting in resolving any discrepancies with supplier invoices / credits
- Prior background working as a Buyer or Purchasing Assistant in the engineering, construction or manufacturing industry
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong negotiation skills
This Manufacturing Buyer job in Christchurch would suit candidates currently working as a Buyer, Purchasing Manager, Procurement Manager or similar.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.