Senior Buyer

Placed: 29/11/17
Region: United Kingdom
Category: Jobs


Content of the advertisement:

Senior Buyer

Location: Grantham

Sector: Manufacturing (Packaging)

Package: Basic Salary to £30,000 (dependant on experience) plus Bonus

& other excellent PLC Company Benefits

The Company

Macfarlane Group PLC is the UK's largest packaging distributor and we are seeking to appoint an experienced Buyer to join our established manufacturing team based in Grantham. Our specialist manufacturing division designs and produces bespoke protective packaging solutions which are designed exclusively for customers in safeguarding their products in transit. Our customers are UK wide and span a number of key verticals including: Aerospace, Defence, Electronics, Industrial and Medical.

Senior Buyer Role

Reporting to the Procurement Manager and working as a member of our local purchasing team, this role will support both the Grantham based manufacturing site and our divisional procurement strategy. This appointment is therefore integral to the success of the manufacturing business, with the successful candidate supporting the management and development of the regional supplier base.

Senior Buyer Key Duties

- Managing a large portfolio of suppliers
- Sourcing and negotiating with existing suppliers, challenging prices where relevant
- Ensuring supplies adhere to quality, service and best practise initiatives
- Managing performance of the supplier base
- Supporting tenders, product enquiries and ad-hoc project work
- Purchasing of standard and non-standard stock items
- Carrying out supplier benchmarking activities
- Reporting and statistical analysis
- Support procurement strategy
- Maximising profitability and minimising risk to the Business
- Supporting stock control and administration activities

Do you have the correct profile?

In order to apply you must be an experienced Buyer (ideally minimum of 2-3 years commercial buying experience), some of which will have been gained within a manufacturing/production led environment. This will have given you exposure to the majority of the key duties listed above and you may well already have embarked upon your CIPS studies (Macfarlane are happy to sponsor the successful candidate with this). You must possess strong communication and negotiation skills, the ability to perform in a pressurised environment and deliver against often exacting timeframes. It is also important that you have strong interpersonal skills when dealing with internal stakeholders.

The Package

In return we offer a competitive basic starting salary along with an attractive performance/profit linked bonus scheme and a flexible employee benefits scheme that includes: up to 33 days annual leave (*includes bank holidays and service increase after five years), additional holiday purchasing scheme, contributory pension, childcare vouchers & employee discount scheme. Macfarlane Group is also dedicated to maximizing every employee's potential, by providing career development plans and pathways in an environment that fosters personal growth and continuous improvement.

Next Steps

This is a key hire for us whereby we seek someone to commence in early January 2018. Shortlisted applicants can therefore expect to be invited swiftly for local interview inside the coming weeks. To make an application please simply click 'apply' ensuring that your CV is up to date and relevant. Please note that all shortlisted candidates can expect to hear back from us within five working days of making their application. If you do not therefore hear back within that timeframe, please assume that your application has not been successful on this particular occasion.

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE

Benefits: Basic salary, Bonus, Benefits

Price / Salary: £28000 - £30000/annum Basic salary, Bonus, Benefits