As the Junior Buyer you will be responsible for the sourcing a range of products and commodities. Your duties include Day to Day Purchasing, supporting the Customer sales Team and other functions whilst consistently controlling costs. A Key element is maintaining and building relationships with existing and new suppliers.
Responsibilities:
- Work Closely with Purchasing and Planning Manager and Co-Ordinator ensuring that all purchases support a dynamic Production Plan.
- Reviews Sales Estimates and Monitor Estimated Cost vs Actual Cost.
- Sent RFQ’s (Request for Quotation), Create Purchase orders, communicate with suppliers to achieve commercial advantage.
- Ensures Practices support compliance with all relevant standards and regulations as well as all company policies and procedures.
- Maintain system Data Integratory to support accurate information consistently.
- Work with suppliers to provide forecasts ensuring raw material is available OTIF. (On Time in Full)
- Management of keys suppliers for various commodities.
- Driving cost reduction on supplier spends through negotiation
- Support all commercial aspects within Purchasing environment including New Product Introductions.
- Effectively partner with key stakeholders to understand the business requirements, align on goals and drive sourcing initiatives.
- Identify opportunities and drive sourcing initiatives that generate value and cost efficiencies.
- Stay abreast on market trends. Gains insight into industry best practices and procedures as well as benchmark best practices for category management.
- Review and resolve any discrepancies with supplier invoices,
- Support other functions with grievances, claims, conflicts, product non-conformance or quality issues.
- Provide timely feedback and report progress on a monthly basis (including purchasing reports and rolling forecasts)
- Communicate, practice and promote the values, ethics and culture of Harrison Packaging
- Any other duties that can be reasonably expected of the role
Knowledge, Skill and Experience:
- High level of drive, self-motivation and tenacity to achieve results through conscientious attitude.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset.
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for improvement.
- Confidence to challenge, when appropriate.
- Acute attention to detail and a high level of accuracy and numeracy
- A very good grasp of our customers, their scale and diversity, including individual accounts, the markets in which they operate, some ‘end use’ product knowledge but, critically their requirements
- Investigative skills, with the ability to recognise potential problems, respond appropriately and develop solutions
- Organisational and time management skills, with the ability to work well under pressure
- Willingness to continually learn and improve
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £24,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Purchasing: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: KEJB
