Indirect Buyer

Job Title: Indirect Buyer
Salary: £45,000k
Location: Dorking, Surrey
Hours: Monday to Friday Days – 37.5 hrs per week

Key Responsibilities

• To take responsibility for establishing, developing and negotiating pricing and supplier agreements for a range of goods and services.
• Responsibility for all indirect, consumable and maintenance suppliers across Dorking and depot sites.
• Maintain a high level of communication with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Check SAP/Manual purchasing requisitions daily.
• Instigate purchase orders and manage re-scheduling and expediting.
• Maintain and ensure all SAP data is accurate.
• Process and expedite purchase orders.
• Arrange sample first offs for approval.
• Supplier consolidation/reduction.
• Resolve invoice queries as necessary and in a timely manner.
• Deal with non-conformances, the return of goods, chasing credits etc.
• Willingly carry out any other duties deemed appropriate by the company.
• Participate with other departments in the selection and improvement of suppliers
• Invite and manage effective cost reduction activity, taking into consideration:

Required Skills & Experience

• Knowledge of purchasing within an engineering/manufacturing environment and an understanding of modern planning/purchasing techniques.
• A current clean full driving license.
• Good organisational/administration skills.
• Understanding of MRP and Kanban philosophies would be an advantage.
• Good IT Skills i.e. SAP, Word and Excel
• The ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Good communication skills (written and verbal) and able to interface with other departments – able to be a team player.
• Work with other buyers to reduce supply base through consolidation of purchase spend
• Support department in performance improvement plans i.e. re-scheduling, overdue orders.
• Resolve invoice queries as necessary
• Willingly carry out any other duties deemed appropriate by the company

Benefits

• Profit Related Bonus scheme (based on 5% basic salary)
• 25 days holiday plus BH’s
• Personal Pension Scheme (3.5% employee = 5.5% employer / 5% employee = 7.5% employer) – enrolled after three months
• Life Assurance from day one = 5x basic salary
• Discount Shopping Portal
• Free Parking on site
• Ride to Work Scheme
• EAP Access to training
• Mental Health First Aiders

How to Apply

Interested? For more details or to discuss your next career move, contact Macy at Kemp Recruitment on 07833 490715

Reference: INDMM