Buyer

apartmentThe Recruitment Co placeBlackwood calendar_month 
Job Title: Buyer
Location: Blackwood
Salary: £25,000-£28,000 per annum

Hours: Full time. Monday - Friday, days regular 37.5 hours a week, start time can be slightly flexible

Here at The Recruitment Co, we are recruiting s Junior Buyer to work for a company in Blackwood on a temp to perm basis.

Main job roles: Reporting to the Purchasing Manager, the Supply Chain Planner / Buyer will play an

integral part of the team supporting on key functions within the department including below:

  • Procurement,
  • Vendor management,
  • MRP scheduling,
  • Quality Assurance,
  • New Product Development,
  • driving improvement initiatives while maintaining excellent customer service levels and some administrative duties.
  • Using strong commercial and analytical skills the role will create value for the business through effective negotiation of price, contract and service level agreements.
The ideal candidate
  • demonstrate a proactive and flexible approach to the buying role and have strong team values.
  • The successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate a track record of achieving cost down benefit to the business.
  • Excellent internal and external customer relationship and interpersonal skills
  • Effective written and oral communication skills
  • Team player with strong work ethic and ability to adapt to and drive change
  • Highly numerate and analytical, Ability to analyse and interpret data
  • Commercially minded, Attention to detail
  • Strong organisation and time management skills
  • Self-Motivated, behaves in a professional manner at all times
  • Able to deliver at a consistently high level in a demanding, commercial environment
Education and Experience
  • Educated to degree level - CIPS preferably (or working towards)
  • Supply chain or Procurement experience
  • IT literate with strong spreadsheet knowledge
  • Experience working with a MRP/ERP and SAP system.
  • Experience working in a legislative environment and familiar working with procedures/systems

If you are interested in this role please apply now!

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