Buyer

Buyer

Yolk Recruitment are supporting an exciting recruitment campaign for an established and growing manufacturing company. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Buyer or Purchasing Coordinator looking to join a hands-on, fast-paced environment where they can genuinely make an impact.

This position would suit someone with experience in purchasing or buying within manufacturing or engineering environments who enjoys problem-solving, supplier management, and improving processes. The company offers a collaborative team environment, varied responsibilities, and the opportunity to be involved across multiple business functions.

As Buyer, you will play a key role within a busy purchasing team, ensuring materials and components are sourced efficiently to support production and customer demand. You'll work closely with suppliers, logistics, sales, and internal teams to manage procurement activities, monitor supply chain performance, and resolve material challenges proactively.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage daily buy lists, ensuring RFQs are issued and purchase orders are placed efficiently
• Review quotations and ensure pricing is accurately loaded into systems and costings
• Escalate supply issues and manage urgent/critical material requirements
• Work proactively to resolve supply chain disruptions and implement long-term solutions
• Manage open purchase orders, expediting or delaying deliveries as required
• Negotiate pricing agreements, stock holding, and supplier contracts
• Support supplier performance reviews and KPI reporting
• Monitor component obsolescence and coordinate replacement trials where needed
• Liaise with suppliers through regular meetings and ongoing relationship management
• Support ad hoc purchasing requests across the business
• Assist with costing activities and pricing updates when required
• Provide support to sales and logistics teams, including shipping activities when needed
• Contribute to ERP system transition and dual system data management

This is what you'll need:

• Previous experience in a Buyer, Purchasing, Procurement or Supply Chain role
• Strong ERP/MRP system experience
• Confident communicator with strong negotiation and problem-solving skills

And this is what you'll get:

• Competitive salary
• Healthcare cash plan
• Pension