Buyer

Buyer

Scunthorpe

£35,000

A new vacancy for a Buyer has become available.  Working as a Buyer you will be responsible for maintaining stock levels, in line with customer requirements and forecasts, whilst striving to meet stock targets. Working to cost reduction targets and purchasing stock to allow for optimum return on investment in line with the company KPIs.

What’s in it for you.

£35,000 Basic
Holidays are 23 increasing 1 per year until cap of 28 Days.
Onsite Parking
Attractive Pension
Death In Service
Employee Assistance Program.
Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Negotiate with suppliers to obtain the best deal considering price, lead times, stock turns, supplier’s performance and quality.
Maintain the reorder point and stock levels, in accordance with average monthly sales and customer forecasts.
Review and be responsible for the Purchasing Reports and provide the Purchasing group with recommendations.
Supplier management including forecasting, ordering process, delivery and quality performance.
Review POs to understand if there are other alternatives available (stock transfer excess from somewhere else) whilst respecting supplier requirements.
Supplier research, evaluation & selection to continually strengthen our supply base and ensure we are matching opportunities with appropriate suppliers.
Works with internal stakeholders to ensure we are identifying opportunities to reduce costs.
Keeps up to date with both the commercial market conditions and influencing factors.
      Competencies
       Relating and Networking - The ability to build and actively maintain formal and informal professional relationships. 
Knowledge, Skills & Experience

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

A degree or diploma in Supply Management or related subject and a minimum of 3 years’ experience in purchasing or related field.
Strong knowledge of Excel including VLOOKUP, Pivot tables, formulas, and index matching
Understanding of general and contract inventory; turnover rate; inventory service level, contracts and general; % of slow moving and obsolete inventory.
Proactive and flexible approach
Power BI would be a distinct advantage
DONSM

Buyer vacancies sit within a specialist division here at Venatu Recruitment Group.  If you are currently seeking a Buyer or Procurement vacancies and have analytical skills, please do get in touch and we would be happy to discuss the role with you in further detail.

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