Senior Buyer

Walsall - UK

Yearly Salary: UM 37000 - 37000

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role: Buyer

Salary 37K

Monthly Paid

5% matched pension

UNUM Critical illness insurance

Simply Health Health Cash Plan

Death In Service 1x Annual Salary

25 days Annual leave plus BHs and 1 additional day to celebrate birthday.

Hours: Mon Thurs 8am till 17:15pm Fri 8am till 12pm.

The Senior Buyer role will be responsible for the management of new tenders through our supply chain from enquiry to production order launch. The senior buyer position requires a detail orientated professional who possesses excellent communication and relationship building skills coupled with the ability to work under a somewhat time pressured environment to satisfy production demands. The role requires the ability to influence buying decisions at the front end of the process to guarantee preferred terms with regards to quality cost and delivery that will directly feed into PPs Procurement strategy and the departments SQCDP targets and provide PP with the best chance of securing new business opportunities

Performance Targets:

Reduction in new vendor setup

Reduction in material variance against quoted price PPV

RFQ Right first time rate

RFQ Deadline accuracy

Manage Supplier delivery performance min 99% OTIF adherence

Key Responsibilities:

Communication.

Build and maintain supplier relationships providing clear communication on day to day procurement activities.

Work with suppliers when reviewing tenders to ensure correct information is sent and best solution provided upon tendering

Liaise with wider PP team when making supplier selection decisions

Be clear and concise when reviewing tenders with Procurement/Commercial and have the ability to offer multiple business cases to offer the customer the best supply chain solution to meet their needs

Ability to liaise with PP customers as applicable when making supply chain decisions and support both the Procurement and Commercial Manager as appropriate

Escalate issues that cannot be resolved within the wider team to the Procurement Manager.

Safety.

Conduct oneself in a safe and respectful manner ensuring the ongoing health and safety of yourself and others.

Quality.

Meticulously review RFQ tenders to ensure solution provided is in line with PP/Customer expectations

Accurately & diligently complete quote documentation to ensure correct pricing/lead time/MOQ/MOV/delivery charges/tool charges/liabilities etc are captured and costed to the customer with no hidden costs left with PP

Review and if applicable create any new vendors prior to production order launch with correct terms and liaise with Procurement Manager to allocate said supplier to relevant buyer to have all correct information ready for procurement activity

Update BC prior to production order launch with correct vendor/pricing/lead time information to guarantee correct buying activity.

Liaise with wider team if/when items added to BOM at point of NPI to ensure product is ordered in line with customer demand

Cost.

Work with current/potential suppliers to negotiate cost reduction

Negotiate price/terms upon tender review to guarantee supplier is offering PP best terms upon RFQ in line with PP/Customer expectations

Reject/defer cost increases from suppliers via negotiation

Identify methods to increase buying power with PP selected suppliers to increase preferential terms and in turn result in cost reduction/supplier consolidation when requesting/reviewing new tenders

Ensure payment terms are in line with/exceed PP standard terms with all suppliers when setting up new vendors

Have the ability to negotiate discounted terms and rebate agreements to offer PP advantageous terms when applicable against new product

Diligently manage PPV with the commercial team to guarantee pricing variation is being captured and relayed back to the customer throughout project status

Delivery.

Update BC with correct lead time information from RFQ to ensure correct procurement activity in line with customer expectation and challenge lead time when this is not a reflection of recent quotation

Agree and manage Procurement RFQ deadlines as set upon receipt of enquiry to guarantee these are met

People.

To work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to establish and maintain working relationships.

Engage in PP training/team building exercises to promote cross functional working

Support/facilitate project work when required

Demonstrate core values

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