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Procurement Buyer

Job Posted: 12 days ago

Salary: £ 35,000 - 45,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Southampton, Hampshire

Expire in: 16 days

Job Description

Successful manufacturing engineering business require a Procurement Buyer. Applicants need experience as a Buyer within a manufacturing/engineering business, and previous exposure to an MRP/ERP system.

The Buyer will join a successful and high-performing procurement function of Buyers and Senior Buyers, reporting to a Procurement Manager. The Buyer will manage their own suite of suppliers (directs for manufacturing) and be responsible for managing them against OTD/OTIF metrics, while ensuring continuity of supply to the facility. An exciting, end-to-end procurement role the Buyer will have the opportunity to collaborate with stakeholders in engineering and support negotiations and supplier management at an operational level.

Specific duties of the Procurement Buyer include:

Work in MRP - transact demand signals, address exception messages and maintain supplier/delivery data
Supplier orderbook management, management of the PO process, expediting, scheduling/re-scheduling
Support quality in regards to supplier NCR issues
Monitor, manage and drive improved OTD/OTIF performance from the supply chain
Contribute to cost saving targets for assigned commodities
Support negotiations and supplier management at a spot/operational level. 

Procurement Buyer applicants should meet the following criteria:

Procurement experience at Buyer level or above, within a manufacturing or engineering business
Experience of, or ability to process a high number of purchasing requisitions
Exposure to an MRP/ERP system
Have strategic procurement experience or potential; cost savings, negotiations, vendor management etc.
An out-going, self-motivated, positive and proactive individual

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