Job Title: Buyer
Location: Oldham, Manchester
Salary: £30 – £35k
Job Type: Full time, permanent – 37.5 hours per week
Oldham Engineering Limited is a well-established medium sized engineering business with a long history and exciting plans for business growth.
Job Purpose:
Responsible for purchasing materials, consumables and services in a timely, cost-effective manner while maintaining appropriate quality standards and specifications.
Key Accountabilities:
- Responsible for purchasing materials, consumables and services in a timely, cost-effective manner while maintaining appropriate quality standards and specifications.
- Source material and place orders for non-inventory material and services.
- Prepare and send purchase requisitions to suppliers to obtain the most competitive quote for raw material, consumables and services to contract requirements. Review quotations received.
- Negotiate with supplier to ensure the most competitive price is paid for raw material, consumables and services. Negotiate long and short-term supply agreements for all materials.
- Day to day dealing with suppliers in order to develop relationships with key suppliers and build effective partnerships.
- Prepare and issue purchase orders in accordance with company policy and terms and conditions.
- Track purchasing activity to ensure goods are delivered on time.
- Developing and implement purchasing strategies for products and services maintaining the approved supplier list. Ensure all valid supplier certification is maintained in line with ISO 9001 requirements.
- Resolve material supply issues on an on-going basis involving internal and external resources.
- Manage and maintain good orderly records both electronically and hard copies.
- Regularly review purchase prices to maintain best buying practice.
Skills and experience required:
- IT skills
- ISO 9001
- Purchasing and negotiating skills
- Company systems
- Budgetary Skills
Important Information:
The Buyer role requires a candidate with energy, an enthusiastic approach and a can-do attitude who can work well within a team.
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Buyer, please click ‘apply’ now – we’d love to hear from you!
Due to the nature of the role candidates must already possess the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the role
Candidates with experience of: Procurement Officer, Procurement Advisor, Purchasing manager, Procurement Manager, Senior Buyer, Purchasing, Supply Chain Coordinator, Procurement Executive, Supply Chain Manager, Purchaser, may also be considered for this role.
