Senior Buyer

About Us

Severn Valve

Part of Severn Group, Severn Valve manufactures and supports high-quality valves for the energy industries. Its control, choke and butterfly valves are pre-eminent in the global market, underpinning the reliability and high performance of business-critical client infrastructure. Severn Valve s global reach, technical prowess, and collaborative approach all founded upon a heritage of British engineering excellence helping to assure production continuity for clients and reduce the prospect of costly downtime. Its understanding of the life-cycle of assets positions Severn Valve to offer end-to-end engineering solutions, enabling clients to meet their core imperatives: safe operations and minimum downtime.

Senior Buyer

Job Purpose:

To lead the purchasing of goods and services (3rd party and intra-company), ensuring operational requirements of the business are met, within budget, to the right quality and on time. Functionally ensuring departmental metrics and objectives are delivered and efficiencies gained for Direct and Indirect category of goods and services.

Key Accountabilities:

• To be the Procurement Lead on site and manage direct reports.
• Responsible for the identification of requirements from Bills of Materials (BOM s) and the timely negotiation and placement of purchase orders with the vendor base under correct internal procedures & guidelines.
• Meeting and/or exceeding Departmental targets such as Annual Savings, OTIF vendor performance and any other tracked and measured criteria connected to vendor management / supply chain activity.
• Category management activities for optimal on-shore and off-shore supply chain positioning
• EFACS / SAGE records (all relevant functional data) accurate and maintained.
• Representing the department within the wider operations team e.g., at production meetings, whilst working with other key stakeholders such as Engineering, Planning, Quality, Finance for maximum efficiency, contribution to improvement initiatives and problem solving
• Input of required data into the centralized departmental work TEAMS / SharePoint site including monthly report pack
• Timely NCR closure process with vendors

Expertise:

• CIPs qualification or studying towards CIPS desirable.
• Engineering qualification preferably HNC or higher, with strong Engineering background (preferably in the valve industry) is essential along with proven track record in procurement.
• Experience of managing people would be advantageous.
• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret drawings, general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals and to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, suppliers.
• Reasonable level of IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and CRM databases
• Ability to communicate effectively and in a professional manner with internal Departments and suppliers, able to handle enquiries / problem solve in a confident, professional, and competent manner.
• Ability to follow instructions, organise and plan daily workload to known deadlines and project requirements.