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Position: Assistant Buyer
Location: Manchester
Hours: Monday - Friday
Salary: £28,000 - £30,000p/a
Our client is a large manufacturing company based in Manchester who are looking for a Buyer to assist within the procurement department. The ideal candidate will have gained some experience with a similar role.
Duties:
- Manage the daily raw and indirect material procurement activities.
- Ensure all systems are updated appropriately.
- Expedite orders in line with the production plan to meet customers' expectations.
- Work with the planner to identify risks to production and highlight them to seniors.
- Attend and update the status in the daily production & planning meetings.
- Work with the HOD to gain the best pricing and hedge material based on marketplace surveillance.
- Work with HOD to ensure stock levels are kept at the appropriate level.
- Minimise any material outages by liaising with the HOD and Technical department to source alternatives.
- Work cost-saving projects as prescribed by the business and seek financial benefit during general activities.
- Support HOD in general Procurement activities.
Skills and Experience
- Ability to liaise with suppliers of all sizes.
- Strong interpersonal skills are required to ensure working relationships are created and maintained.
- Negotiation skills and adaptive thinking are required.
- Manufacturing background would be beneficial.
- Proficient with Sage, Microsoft Office and especially Excel.
Please call Nicola at HR GO recruitment on (phone number removed) or email your CV to (url removed)
