Buyer/Assistant Buyer

£28,000 - £34,000 Buyer or Assistant Buyer

A fantastic opportunity to work for a prestigious manufacturing company. Currently seeking an ambitious, career driven individual to join their Buying team as a Buyer. The ideal candidate will have some experience of Buying, Supply Chain, Sourcing or Estimating. Due to the nature of this role language skills in Mandarin or Cantonese would be a huge benefit but not essential. The role requires someone who is confident within supplier negotiation, buying and sourcing products with a keen eye for detail and willingness to learn. The tole will involve:-

Supporting the Buying team with negotiation and procurement from the UK Europe and Asia

• Forecasting and stock management, monitoring stock levels and ordering stock in a timely manner
• Ensuring stock levels arent too high or too low
• Ensuring stock passes through customs
• Negotiating contracts and onboarding new suppliers, managing SLAs
• Quality checking and control, via video link
• Attending daily procurement update meetings to communicate what deliveries are due
• Assessment and sourcing of high-quality products and supplies
• Managing logistics including bill of laden, and ensuring containers have been ordered
• Ensuring stock is loaded correctly in the containers
• Supplier management through managing and monitoring the supply of materials against requirements and quality standards
• Monitoring supplier performance
• Sourcing new suppliers and managing existing supplier relationships
• Monitor invoicing procedures, highlighting variances and discrepancies in conjunction with
  the Accounts Team
• Negotiation of material costs, payments terms and carriage, optimising cost and quality
• Record and update relevant documents, systems and registers with accurate product information and data

Essential Skills & Experience for the role of Assistant Buyer/Buyer:

Previous experience within a similar role from Buying/supply chain
Experience managing and negotiating with multiple suppliers
Language skills in Mandarin or Cantonese would be an advantage for this role
Logistics experience is essential environment.

Whats on offer:
Working hours are 9:00am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday
Full training will be provided
Workplace pension scheme
Health cash plan where employees can claim back on dental, optical, and medical costs
Free on-site parking
Unlimited free hot drinks
Open plan bright modern office
Luxury kitchens with top of the range TVs
Pool/ Ping Pong table for lunch time relaxing

PLEASE NOTE: candidates requiring sponsorship or don't currently have permanent UK residency will not be considered

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