Buyer (Skegness)

Location: Skegness, Lincolnshire with the option to apply for Micronclean’s flexible working policy

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Hours of Work: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (with half an hour unpaid break)
Salary Range: £28,000 - £33,000 (dependent on qualifications and experience)

About Us

Micronclean, based in Lincolnshire, are one of the UK’s largest providers of workwear solutions and cleanroom consumables, employing over 450 people. Our passion is to be the first to develop new technological solutions that change the shape of the markets we serve creating quality and efficiency for our customers.

The company’s key markets are the supply and processing of specialist workwear to cleanroom (pharmaceutical, medical, aerospace) and manufacturing (steel making, engineering, automotive) organisations. The company also manufactures and distributes an extensive range of cleanroom consumable products worldwide and has an ambitious and clear growth vision.

Job Role and Key Responsibilities

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and developing buyer to join the business at an exciting stage in its growth plans. Demand for our products is currently unprecedented and therefore there is substantial scope for personal development and wider experience gain.

Our procurement function is critical to ensuring the continuity of supply of our products and services, demonstrating excellent customer service to internal customers whilst ensuring that products and services are procured at the most competitive price to improve margin.

The Buyer will manage the procurement category of raw materials for our textile business unit and also provide an efficient procurement service to internal customers for their indirect purchasing needs. The role is a fantastic opportunity for the individual to utilise competitive procurement processes to control cost and achieve savings in a rapidly growing business.

The role’s key responsibilities include:

• Manage and deliver a value adding procurement service for the category of textile raw materials.
• Undertake competitive procurement processes, using requests for quotations and requests for proposals to reduce cost within the Textile Business Unit.
• Adherence to the business stock holding and valuation policy.
• Supporting plant managers and the finance department with the administration of end of month stock processes.
• Displaying excellent service to internal customers.
• Maintaining correct and up to date records on the purchasing system including purchasing documentation.
• Generate regular reports on cost savings achieved, supplier performance, and procurement process efficiency.

Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications required:

Essential

• Already working towards or a desire to complete a procurement related qualification, for example the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS).
• Knowledge of the Procure to Pay (P2P) process and understanding the use of request for quotation and request for proposal documentation.
• Knowledge of the principles and importance of supplier performance management.
• An understanding of MRP system principles.
• Detail orientated - highly accurate, excellent attention to detail, ability to analyse and interpret data to influence stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook; including the ability to manipulate data, use pivot tables, graphs and lookups.

Desirable

• Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement of supply (MCIPS)
• Bachelor’s degree (or degree equivalent).
• Experience of working in pharmaceutical, Biotech, lifesciences or cleanroom sector.
• Experience in importing goods, working with freight forwarders, related import documentation and administering landed costs.
• Experience of purchasing and managing shelf life, regulated, batch/lot-controlled products.
• Full, valid UK/EU driving license.

Character Profile

Micronclean’s unique culture is captured within the Micronclean SKIEs. These four principles Stewardship, Knowledge, Innovation and Excellence provide a compass for our strategic direction, help inform the multitude of day to day business decisions and keep our customers firmly at the centre of everything we do. A candidate’s character affinity to our culture will be paramount to their suitability for this role. A copy of our vision and values (the Micronclean SKIEs) can be provided as part of the recruitment process.

Why Work for Micronclean as a Buyer?

There are many reasons to join the Micronclean family, but here are just a few more:

• A generous yearly bonus paid every January, to all staff.
• Relocation package of £2,000.
• Possibility to work from home for up to 3 days a week.
• 30 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing to 33 days for loyalty service.
• Company Sick Pay scheme.
• Company pension contributions of 5% of salary.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), private counselling and other schemes to support employees with their mental health and wellbeing.
• Annual Family Fun Days, fully paid for by the business.
• A growing, family owned, highly successful business, with a history spanning back to the 1920s.
• Highly committed to investing in people and training, with a proven history of opportunities and promotions from within for employees who wish to progress.
• A great culture, represented in our company values known as the SKIEs.
• The knowledge that you are making a difference, playing a role in key supply chains such as the Covid-19 vaccine.

More information about Micronclean can be found on our website.

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