Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a market leading Aerospace organisation to recruit a Buyer for an initial 6 Month contract. There is a rate of 18-21 PAYE per hour + Holiday Pay on offer for the successful candidate. The role would be based out of my clients state of the art operations in Gloucester
Please find the job spec. below:
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
• The Buyer is responsible for purchasing items or services under optimum conditions of quality, price and time, for which the need has been expressed by the contracting customers
• Undertakes all purchasing responsibilities to support the P2P (Purchase to Pay) process
ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTION
• Work collaboratively within the Purchasing Team to understand and support business strategy
• Implement the supplier tendering and selection process
• Negotiate and draw up contracts with the selected supplier(s)
• Steer industrialisation and digitalisation in line with Group CSR strategy
• Consolidate supplier assessments (quality, logistics, purchasing)
• Steer the supplier improvement action plans (improving operational performance, reducing costs)
• Manage supplier relations
• Ensure compliance with contractual and legal obligations of all parties
• Keep all purchase data up to date in systems
• Pro-actively deal with disputes
• Manage needs developments
• Ensure promotion of best practices in relation to your suppliers
• Act as a relay/ support for the Category Manager for your particular scope of activity, and report back on the information required for coordination
• In the case of a Group Mandate, coordinate actions
• Support the process for source start-up
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations and internal standards.
QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
• Knowledge of purchasing methodologies and processes
• Proficiency in written and spoken English
• Strong numerical skills
• Highly organised, structured approach and able to work using own initiative
• Focused and task-oriented with resilience to complete a task in full
• Good communication, listening and negotiation abilities
• Knowledge of Industrial and Purchasing policies legal knowledge (contract)
• Previous experience within a purchasing team using purchasing information systems
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