Salary range – (dependant on experience)
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Senior Buyer/Manager for the Peter Brotherhood business.
You will be responsible for cost effective and timely delivery of products to specified technical and quality requirements for production and engineering programmes.
The successful candidate must be able to take control of a given set of commodities and will be responsible for both the operational performance of the suppliers and for interfacing with internal customers, in addition to managing the varied operational demands of supporting a successful manufacturing business. You will be an exceptional team player and possess leadership skills with a ‘hands on’ approach with an established team.
The ultimate aim is to support the business aims by optimising price, quality and delivery.
Key Tasks & Accountabilities –
- Conduct contractual negotiations with suppliers to ensure that all contracts reflect a robust flow-down of our contractual terms and conditions and to minimise commercial risks
- Ensure that the quality of products supplied meets appropriate quality standards
- Ensure supplier on time delivery through effective negotiation
- To rationalise supplier base to develop preferred sources of supply to meet the strategic business needs
- Access more effective suppliers capable of supporting design initiatives and/or cost out strategies
- Develop awareness of market intelligence on products, prices and processes
- Maintain purchase order status with dates reflecting current demand and commitments.
- Evaluate and support resolution on material quality, price, supply issues, delivery and invoice discrepancies.
- Prepare reports, related to purchasing activities, for presentation to the business.
- Propose and implement job related process improvements, participate in cross-functional reviews.
- Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact on business operations
- Provide analysis on costs, new and existing and review potential cost reduction activities
- Negotiate orders, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
- Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications
- Compile data relating to supplier performance to enable evaluation
- Understand the role of the Senior Buyer and the integration within Peter Brotherhood
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Knowledge of purchasing processes and Order placement systems
- Responsibility for the updating of computerised reports regarding delivery dates and supplier performance
- Experience of ERP Systems preferred
- Experience of Microsoft Office suite
- Lean / Six Sigma
