A manufacturing and production client of ours in the Witham area are recruiting a Buyer to join their team. This is a full-time permanent position working Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 5.00pm and Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm. Paying around £35,000 per annum depending on experience.

Reporting into the MD, your key duties include but are not limited to:

• Use systems to order products based on sales and forecasts, ensuring 100% availability, especially during seasonal or promotional periods, addressing any delivery issues with suppliers.
• Monitor and reduce unavailability and wastage.
• Approve and respond to invoicing queries, collaborating with suppliers and team leaders as needed.
• Assist with end-of-week/month procedures, including supplier credit claims, and coordinate with departments to ensure timely availability of required information.
• Maintain strong relationships with suppliers and internal teams, escalating issues to management when necessary
• Procure materials for production, sales and service, ensuring optimal inventory levels and reschedule orders to meet changing demand.
• Collaborate with various departments to forecast supplier requirements, manage safety stock and monitor supplier performance.
• Manage production schedules based on customer orders and material availability, ensuring SAP accuracy and up-to-date product availability information.
• Communicate plans and forecasts to stakeholders, provide updates and prepare relevant data for internal meetings.
• Contribute to cost savings through project purchasing, monitor production data for quality control, and embrace continuous improvement.
• Handle general administrative duties, including concessions, arch calculations, scanning, and shipment bookings.

Skills and Experience required to be considered for this Buyer position:

• 3+ years Purchasing and Procurement experience ideally within a manufacturing environment
• Proficient in IT systems
• Experience of capacity/forecasting modelling and planning
• Excellent communication skills
• Numeracy, statistical and reporting skills with the ability to analyse data and trends
• Efficient under tight deadlines

If you feel like you meet the above criteria & would like to be considered for this Buyer position, please apply with your CV and contact Katie at Prime Appointments for a confidential chat. #officejobs