Coleford
Full-time, Permanent
Competitive Salary
The Opportunity
Are you an experienced Buyer looking for your next challenge within a thriving manufacturing environment?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and supportive purchasing team where you'll play a key role in ensuring the smooth procurement of materials, building strong supplier partnerships and supporting the successful delivery of customer projects.
This is more than just a purchasing role – you'll have the opportunity to influence supplier performance, negotiate the best commercial outcomes and contribute to the continued success of a globally recognised manufacturer. If you're commercially minded, organised and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
What You'll Be Doing
Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, ensuring they consistently deliver on quality, cost and service.
Source materials and negotiate the best commercial terms to achieve value for the business.
Raise and manage purchase orders, ensuring materials are delivered on time to meet production schedules.
Carry out supplier evaluations and desktop audits to support a robust and reliable supply chain.
Manage supplier agreements, confidentiality agreements, order acknowledgements and resolve invoice queries efficiently.
Negotiate supplier price increases in line with company procedures.
Work closely with internal departments to support project delivery and provide accurate lead times and product information for quotations.
Ensure purchasing activities remain compliant with company policies and procedures.
About You
You'll be a confident and proactive Buyer who enjoys building relationships and thrives in a busy manufacturing environment.
You'll also have:
Previous Buying or Purchasing experience within manufacturing or engineering.
Experience with cost analysis and budget management.
ERP system experience (desirable).
Strong negotiation and communication skills.
Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
High attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
Next Steps
If you're looking for a role where you can make a real impact and continue developing your purchasing career, we'd love to hear from you.
Click Apply today to submit your CV for consideration.
Alternatively, contact Holly Williams on (phone number removed) or email .
Get in touch today – we'd love to hear from you!
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Salary description
£40000.00 - £45000.00 per year