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Senior Buyer

Employer
Trinity Personnel
Location
DY13 9PT, Stourport-on-Severn
Salary
£32,000 to £36,000
Closing date
5 May 2021

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Job Sector
Accountancy
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

We are currently recruiting for a confident, professional Senior Buyer to work for a well-established manufacturing company in Stourport

Main duties will include:

  • To purchase a diverse range of goods and services, both direct and in-direct
  • To be responsible for supplier appraisal, drafting terms and conditions, preparation of invitation to tender, post tender negotiation and contract award to ensure fulfilment of customer requirements at best value for money
  • Discuss with sales and contract departments in drafting and reviewing specifications to ensure a clear and unambiguous statement of customer and group needs
  • To consider group purchasing power to take advantage of economies of scale where and when possible
  • Discuss current practice at all stages of the procurement cycle including procedural and problem solving methods, and most importantly choice and use of supplier. Reporting to Purchasing Manager and/or Directors should you consider change necessary
  • To work with stock control personnel and factory managers to ensure availability of stock is maintained. Giving consideration to lead time with regards to production requirements and outsourcing by undertaking make vs buy decisions in busy periods
  • Managing sourcing from Far East and regularly expediting the progress of the orders, feeding back any quality concerns

Other Admin based duties will include:

Receive requisitions for raw materials and non-stock items, formulates purchase order which is sent to supplier

  • Raising and sending purchase orders via the re-order report, bill of materials, MRP and other means
  • Reconciles delivery notes, invoices and credit notes with purchase order, including entering of all information on purchase system (Sage).
  • Invoices to be nominally account coded and posted
  • Attachment of cheques to remittance advice and post. Write out cheques for pre-payment invoices for signature
  • Supplier negotiation and supplier relationship management to meet price, quality, delivery and service requirements.
  • Inputting, updating and maintaining supplier details on the computer system
  • Resolves any purchase ledger queries reference requests for payment
  • Raising of reject notes and returns notes, consolidating corrective actions with purchase invoice
  • Progress chasing of external suppliers and expediting overdue and due purchase order lines
  • Any other duties requested by management

Hours of work

9am to 5pm, 30 Mins lunch

Salary £Negotiable - Around £32k to £36k dependent upon experience

Immediate start for the right person

Permanent opportunity

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