Buyer

Job Title: Buyer
Location: Pulborough
Employment Type:Permanent/ Hybrid min 3 days onsite

Main Objectives:
Responsible for the timely order placement, supply and expedition of raw materials, assemblies, and support services to maintain production. Managing select suppliers to ensure on time delivery while managing inventory levels to prevent shortages and maximize turns.  Liaising with Engineering, Planning, Sales, and Manufacturing disciplines (team approach), highly focussed on environmental and ethical trading considerations. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparation and distribution of weekly expedite reports to selected supply chain partners, ensuring that all respond, and data is entered into company ERP system. 
• Analyses exception messages from ERP system, and places Purchase orders ensuring cost effective timely delivery.  
• Preparation of document packs (electronic) in support of custom part order needs, (i.e., drawings, BOM’s, Gerber files) ready to submit to supply chain partners. 
• Manage selected suppliers to control inventories and ensure timely flow of material.  
• Develop working knowledge of commodities and associated supplier base.  
• Develop a thorough working knowledge of required ERP system.  
• Bring ideas to management and be able to implement necessary process improvements.  
• Able and willing to work necessary hours to meet all project deadlines, travel when necessary.  
• Other duties or responsibilities as assigned. 
• Responsibility for adhering to the Company’s ISO 9001 Quality, ISO14001 Environmental and Health and Safety management systems and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. 

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Strong IT skills and a good working knowledge of MS Office suite. 
• Advanced Microsoft analytical skills desired but not essential. 
• Experience in purchasing electronic or electro-mechanical parts desirable. u
• pholds organisational values, works with integrity and ethically in all situations, and always treats others with respect and consideration, regardless of their status or position.  

1. Perseveres in accomplishing tasks or objectives and maintains a sense of urgency about getting results.  
2. Builds and maintains relationships that incorporate cooperation, trust, and respect by devoting the appropriate time and energy to facilitate business transactions.  
3. Actively communicates and clearly expresses ideas and concerns both verbally and in written format in both positive and negative situations. Actively listens, offers full attention when others speak, gives verbal and nonverbal cues of interest, asks questions for clarification, and paraphrases to ensure understanding.  
4. Completes work in a thorough and complete manner, provides detailed information, and tracks details at all times.  
5. Takes action to meet the needs of others, responds timely without supervision, and minimises delays.  
6. Maintains composure and remains effective when dealing with frequent job challenges, unexpected disruptions, working with conflicting, delayed, or unclear information.  
7. Collects and researches data, analyses the data and offers recommended solutions.  
8. Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to show good judgment by isolating causes. Able to work well in-group problem solving situations, understand consequences of potential decisions, and support and explain reasoning for decisions.
9. Maintains an appropriate focus on short- and long-term goals, outcomes, and accomplishments. Motivated by results and persists until the goal is reached.

The above responsibilities are not exhaustive, and you may be required to fulfil other duties and responsibilities from time to time for which you are reasonably qualified. 
 
 
TPA are a specialist recruitment agency recruiting on behalf of our client.
If you think you are a close fit for this position, please do apply and we will also register you for any upcoming positions that may be suitable.

• Great Staff Benefits
• Competitive
• Excellent Company