Details:
- Salary: £30,000 - 35,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Redditch
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
Buyer
Redditch
£30,000 - £35,000
The Role
The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of purchasing experience working with an ERP system, with both MRP and reviewing what needs ordering manually through Bill Of Materials. Must be comfortable and confident on the phone, able to multitask and can manage their time and work well under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Maintaining Materials stock levels and ordering specific items in a timely fashion
Ordering material requirements for jobs and sales orders, with and without an MRP mechanism
Reviewing and negotiation of material costs
Managing and communicating supplier lead times
Supporting the warehouse with stock control
Ongoing communication with suppliers to ensure delivery dates are met
Communicating stock and supplier issues to the wider team
Managing PO delivery dates on our ERP system
Ensure supplier contact details are always current
Liaising with finance in respect of purchase invoices
-Maintaining approved supplier list
-Bringing on board new suppliers
-Arranging shipping of parts from suppliers to Redditch – including from overseas
-Arranging delivery of finished goods to UK, Europe and Rest of World
Skills and Experience
At least 2 Years' supply chain experience
CIPS level 2 or higher
Knowledge of Incoterms and preparing commercial invoices
At least 2 Years' experience on MRP/ERP system - ideally Epicor
Have experience implementing an MRP within a working ERP
Experience with the Microsoft Office 365
Benefits:
20 days annual leave plus company shut down between Christmas and New Year (on top of the 20 days)
Pension scheme with employer contributions of 5% (ie matching employee contributions)
Life assurance of 3 x salary if contributing to the Company pension scheme/1 x if not contributing – following successful probation
Health cash plan – Paycare paid for by the Company, employee can add family members at a personal cost
Bonus – discretionary Company performance bonus paid annually depending on results
Health and wellbeing social initiatives to support mental wellbeing
WeCare wellbeing benefit through Canada Life covering health, mental health, wellbeing and healthy living and financial and legal wellbeing
Bike to work salary sacrifice scheme
Events and charitable giving – supporting employee engagement through various social events throughout the year, raising awareness of specific events (International Women’s Day as a most recent example) plus supporting local charities through dedicated events (food drives, Movember etc)
On site parking
Other benefits include: professional qualification study programmes subject to T&Cs, Scholarship programme for dependents of employees in higher education subject to T&Cs
Refer a friend recruitment policy of up to £400 per successful referral