permanent Buyer manufacturing

Buyer

Salary £28000

hours – full time

permanent post

Description

You will be a member of the Materials Department managing production procurement for one of our 3 value streams. You will be responsible for obtaining commitments and coordinating the procurement of all assigned material to support the factory; ensuring optimum quality, prices and delivery for defined parts required while minimizing inventory and maximizing supplier performance.

Essential Duties, Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Expediting purchase orders and managing the integrity of supplier PO promise dates – hold supplier accountable for communicating purchase order fulfilment dates and expediting orders to ensure timely delivery

• Proactively review open orders to identify supply problems (excess inventory and backorders) and negotiate with supplier directly to remedy the issues before they impact the Company

• Ensure purchase process flow and management procedure are setup to comply with quality system request. Ensure the procedure has been fully followed

• Purchase the material and follow up with the shipment to ensure the delivery on schedule Drive the cost reduction, support PPV, VAVE, Indirect and Logistics projects

• Lead cross-functional savings projects, and drive/monitor savings projects to on time completion

• Establish supplier performance measurements and report monthly performance data to users in operating companies

• Work with QA Quality Assurance and materials team closely to focus on supplier quality improvement

• Provide and communicate the right/accurate related material data to production for review

• Plan material purchasing, manufacturing and shipment to ensure customer supply without any shortage

• Control inventory at low level and meet business turns

• Work with sales team closely to keep delivery flexible and achieve customer satisfaction

• Gather spend data to identify trends and opportunities for consolidation and leverage

• Prepare and execute bid packages utilizing RFIs, RFPs, and reverse auctions

• Lead the selection of preferred suppliers in targeted spend categories and manage their performance to ensure they consistently meet operating companies’ requirements

• Drive usage of Fortive’s preferred suppliers with new acquisitions and in targeted spend categories.

Experience / Qualifications:

Essential

• 2 years minimum procurement/supply chain /customer service experience.

• 2 years minimum experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.

Desirable

• A 3rd level business studies (or related) qualification.

• Experience of managing internal stakeholder relationships.

• Knowledge of Oracle business system would be advantageous.

Working Conditions:

• Location: – Belfast

• Reports to Materials Director

• Fast paced Office environment