Buyer (direct)

Description

Buyer (Direct)

HPCareers are now assisting our international, award winning design and manufacturing client with their further development of this Procurement team.

The Role

* To negotiate and place purchase orders

* To meet and approve both new and existing suppliers

* To support the continuous improvement of supplier performance

* To ensure the business remain compliant

* Ensure purchased items are delivered on time, at the correct price, with the correct documentation and to the required standard

* Procure only from original manufacturers or franchised distributors and have full traceability back to manufacture

* To carry out purchasing according to specified needs

* Securing cost reductions wherever possible

* Maintain adequate stock levels

* Review methods of reducing cost of purchased parts

* Progress orders and ensure timely delivery

* Management of long lead times

* Working closely with production planning

* Resolve shortages of products for production

* Build relations with existing suppliers

* Obtain commitment from new suppliers

* Source new products and suppliers where/when required

* To review in conjunction with QA, supplier performance and define recommended courses of action to improve supplier response xjnqpsq

* To carry out vendor rating and monitor suppliers

* Liaise with the drawing office and the Materials planning team

* To provide costing information for outsourcing projects

* Provide sales with accurate BOM costs when required

* Support configuration control with new part create information

* Completion of all NCR supplier responses

* Raise engineering change notes

* DPS screening of suppliers

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