Graduate Junior Buyer

Graduate Junior Buyer

Corby

£28,000 - £31,000 dependent on experience

This is an excellent opportunity to join a company who are innovative, successful and forward thinking.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Handling and raising purchase orders.
• Negotiating new and existing supplier contracts whilst building solid relationships.
• Liaising with suppliers in the UK, Turkey, USA, China
• Sourcing manufactured parts and raw materials.
• Process ownership of ERP elements.
• Ownership of Raw, WIP and Finished stocks across subsidiary warehouses and the management of PI counts.
• Work closely with operations to plan weekly manufacturing requirements for both UK and USA subsidiaries.
• Supplier performance management (measuring Quality, Delivery and Costs).
• Manage ongoing KPI objectives.

Required:

• Graduate educated
• Strong Mathematical skills. Excellent spoken and written English skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Purchasing qualifications will be an advantage.
• Strong MS Excel skills - Pivot tables / V Lookups
• High levels of attention to detail and outstanding organisational skills.
• Ability to establish and develop relationships with internal and external sources.
• Must be computer literate and have great verbal and written communications skills.
• Can do attitude is a must.

25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

Progression potential

Pension scheme