Senior Buyer

Job Title: Senior Buyer UK
Responsible To: Operations Director
Direct Reports: Buyer

Main Purpose of Job: To manage all commercial aspects of the supply base through a process of understanding and monitoring the relevant commodities and to negotiate the best total cost price for Raw materials, Master Batches, Consumables, Factored goods, and Recycled materials ensuring a cost positive contribution to the business's competitiveness and performance.

To source and manage a supply base appropriate for the supplying of the given commodities as stated above which meets the businesses needs and requirements, ensuring the suppliers are selected through a process of supplier selection and their performance and compliance to standards is regularly measured, monitored and reviewed through means of auditing and review meetings.

To support the UK NPI team in the sourcing requirements of new and ongoing projects in order to deliver and support an effective and efficient project management process.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure all duties are performed in a safe and efficient manner within the parameters of current health and safety legislation (HASAW Act 1974).
• Develop sourcing strategies to ensure cost-effective purchasing of raw materials, master batches, recycled materials and production consumables ensuring payment terms are most appropriate and advantageous to the business and in order to meet the needs of production.
• Manage a process of factored goods ensuring stock levels are in place and suppliers are managed based on total lead times in order to support the requirements of the sales and production function.
• Source materials and components for NPI projects as and when required to support RGE growth providing expertise procurement input for new project development.
• Source new products/suppliers as appropriate to support the commercial offering, ensuring the necessary criteria are met in respect of the production process and quality.
• Conduct a process of creating purchasing requirements based on the production plan for production materials and components through the use of requirement spreadsheets which are based on customer demand and the available stock. (All SAP warehouses) Thus giving a net demand for suppliers.
• Raise purchase orders for your responsible commodities and not limited to other commodities when covering absence of the buyer, ensuring these are signed off and issued to the relevant supplier.
• Ensure when raising purchase orders the correct parameters of lead time, minimum order quantity and price are correct in SAP before raising any order.
• Liaise with suppliers in respect of expediting deliveries from supplier to ensure delivery promise dates are met.

General Duties:

• Ensure Health & Safety regulations and the company's Instructions and policies are adhered to.
• Set example of company image with high standards of personal appearance and efficiency in attendance and timekeeping, and when visiting and dealing with customers and suppliers.
• Perform all other reasonable duties as and when required by the RGE Management Team.

Goals and Objectives:

To ensure all suppliers, materials and consumables are supplied to the business in compliance with agreed contract and meet the expectations of the business and monitored through:

• To be discussed and agreed with role holder

Health & Safety:

• Understand & carry out individual responsibility.
• Notify immediately any accidents, near misses or hazards and assist in any investigation.
• Use and maintain in good condition, protective equipment provided for personal safety.
• Always keep work area clean & tidy and free from obstructions.

Communication:

• Take part in briefing sessions as and when required.
• Highlight any information, concerns or problems, which may affect your personal, team or site performance.

Development:

• If required by the company, introduce new employees into the operation training them as required.
• Through the appraisal process, identify areas of personal and team development required.
• Develop through continuous performance improvements, customer service and operational efficiencies.

The position is located at our Whittlesey site on a 37.5 hour week Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm including a 30 minute unpaid break.

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