Buyer

This is a great role for a GERMAN or ITALIAN or Arabic speaking BUYER or someone with PURCHASING administrative experience! The company is a specialist business that is a purchasing “hub” for customers across the world who are looking for specific engineering spare parts. The Head office is in Colchester where the team will take orders from customers and then source technical products globally for dispatch. This is a classic PURCHASING or BUYING role in which you will be taking inbound enquiries from customers who will ask you to source certain pieces of heavy industrial equipment. Your role is to source that piece of equipment produce quotations, add a fair “ finder’s fee” and then liaise with the warehouses who will dispatch it Delightful role for a buyer with great admin skills looking to be office based and who knows a little about valves, pipes, gaskets and gaskets. Or for someone with solid after-sales experience in a technical environment looking to embark on a career in BUYING or PURCHASING

Job title:                       German, Italian or Arabic BUYING ADMINISTRATOR

Salary :                         up to £35,000 per annum + 10% performance related bonus

Team:                           Engineering

Language required: English (German, Arabic or Italian are useful)

Flexible working :   This is an office-based role

Location :                     Colchester in Essex ( Free car parking available)

Sector :                         Purchasing hub for international clients within the manufacturing sector

Hours:                           8.30am-5pm

COMPANY:

This is a lovely role ! The company is a specialist business and acts as a purchasing “hub” for heavy industry and manufacturing clients across the world who are looking for specific components. The business employs about 100 staff globally and the Head office is in Colchester where the team will take orders from clients and then source technical products globally for dispatch. This is a classic senior level technical customer care and purchasing role in which you will be taking inbound enquiries from clients who will ask you to source certain pieces of heavy industrial equipment. 

Your role is to source heavy industrial equipment and then liaise with the client and international suppliers add a “finder’s fee” and then organise the logistics around dispatch. A lovely Buyer role!

THE ROLE:

You will be supporting customers to research the engineering spare part that they need , sourcing that part and agreeing price and delivery . Nice and straight forward role!

Speaking to the customer/understanding their needsTaking in customer enquiries & understanding their needs

Doing the detective work and finding new suppliers

Use of languages to source products from the USA. Europe and the Far East

Creating quotations for customers. Adding a finder’s fee to the quote

Finding the supplierLocating the new supplier

 Liaising with suppliers to understand if they have the item in stock and tier delivery time frame

Negotiate and agree on pricing and supplier delivery terms

Reviewing technical drawings (Gaskets, Valves (actuated and manual), Flame arrestors, Tank treatment) to make sure the spare part meets the customer’s requirements

Organising the delivery /logisticsLiaise with the warehouse to arrange all the logistics around delivery

Post-sales buyer administration

REQUIREMENTS:Fluent English ( other languages are helpful )

Car driver essential

After sales admin support experience OR some buying experience

Able to create complex quotations