WE ARE CDE.
HERE TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME.
CDE exists to create our best world through bold engineering in the waste recycling and natural material processing industries. We move forward together, continuously creating to the highest global standards. We are always customer-focused, relentlessly innovating with a single purpose in mind:
To create our best world, a ton at a time.
CDE is the leading provider of wet processing solutions for the materials processing industry. Our equipment has applications across a wide range of materials and is delivering significant efficiencies in construction, demolition, and excavation waste recycling (CD&E), sand and aggregates, mining, industrial sands and environmental sectors. Working across five regions globally, CDE has been co-creating with customers for 30 years to deliver collaborative, imaginative and unique processing systems for over 2,000 successful projects.
We empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation, laying the foundations for the circular economy. And we help our customers maximise their natural resources in the most sustainable way possible – with greater efficiency and less waste than ever before.
Our people are genuinely empowered to lead and deliver highly strategic and innovative projects. Elevating our employees is vitally important to us and we do this on both a professional and personal level through providing opportunity and challenge to all and cultivating a culture that values employee wellbeing and fun. Our Platinum status in the world-recognised Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards, achieved for thirteen consecutive years is testament to this approach.
Our global headquarters and manufacturing center of excellence are located in Northern Ireland, perfectly positioned to serve the UK and Ireland markets. The company also has teams based in Austria, France and Russia to serve the Europe and Russia markets; Dubai, UAE, to serve the MEA market; Ormeau, Australia to serve the Australasian market; as well as Texas, USA and Belo Horizonte, Brazil to effectively serve the vast Americas market.
Learn more about CDE www.cdegroup.com
Job Overview
CDE are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Graduate Buyer to join our Procurement and Purchasing team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing procurement activities with a strong focus on production scheduling and material availability.
You will collaborate closely with suppliers, production planners and internal stakeholders to ensure the timely delivery of goods and services, optimise inventory levels and maintain alignment with production schedules.
This role will support procurement operations through efficient transactional processing, data accuracy, and supplier coordination while developing procurement capability.
About The Role
Key Responsibilities
Transactional Procurement
- Raise purchase orders and process requisitions
- Maintain supplier confirmations and delivery tracking
- Update IFS ERP system with accurate order data
Operational Support
- Expedite orders and support shortage resolution
- Assist with urgent demand and rework requirements
- Support Buyers and Senior Buyers in daily activities
- Represent procurement at project kick-offs, whiteboards, etc.
- Provide wider Buyer support while retaining responsibility for PO raising, expediting, shortages and supplier communication
Supplier Communication
- Communicate with suppliers on order status
- Provide updates to internal stakeholders
Data & Systems
- Ensure data accuracy in IFS ERP system
- Support reporting and system updates
- Maintain documentation and records
- Maintain supplier prices, price lists and agreed commercial data in IFS
- Support validation and updating of purchasing information for price changes and queries
- Maintain supplier and part master data, including general procurement system updates
- Collate data and prepare routine procurement reporting information
- Support general procurement administration, including filing, document control, meeting support and action follow-up
Development
- Build knowledge of procurement processes and CDE operations
- Develop ERP/MRP capability and system knowledge
- Support continuous improvement initiatives
Success Measures
- PO accuracy
- System data accuracy
- Responsiveness
- Progression in role capability
- Pricing and master-data accuracy
- Timely completion of administration and system updates
Additional Responsibilities
- Represent Procurement in audits, reviews, operational walk‑throughs and meetings
- Attend operational meetings, including Level 1/2/3 reviews, planning sessions, whiteboard meetings and buyer forums.
- Proactively support and communicate with the Operations, Planning, Engineering, Finance, CustomCare and Logistics teams, including prioritising information flow, updates and resolution of material shortages.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives across procurement and operations.
- Adherence to the Company Health and Safety Policy.
- Any other duties within reason and capability associated with this role
Required Qualifications
Strong working capability in Microsoft Office applications, Excel, Word, PowerBI- Experience in an Operations, Supply Chain, or Procurement role (preferred).
- Knowledge of manufacturing environments and planning processes.
- Understanding of Procurement principles, OTD management and supplier performance.
- Familiarity with NCR and other quality‑related processes.
- Competent in cross‑functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong organisational and time‑management skills.
- Excellent communication and supplier relationship management.
- Ability to interpret MRP signals and production plans.
- Proficiency in ERP systems (IFS preferred) and MS Excel.
- Problem‑solving mindset with attention to accuracy and detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
Required Criteria
- Strong working capability in Microsoft Office applications, Excel, Word, PowerBI
- Experience in an Operations, Supply Chain, or Procurement role (preferred).
- Knowledge of manufacturing environments and planning processes.
- Understanding of Procurement principles, OTD management and supplier performance.
- Familiarity with NCR and other quality related processes.
- Competent in cross functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Excellent communication and supplier relationship management.
- Ability to interpret MRP signals and production plans.
- Proficiency in ERP systems (IFS preferred) and MS Excel.
- Problem solving mindset with attention to accuracy and detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
Skills Needed
About The Company
WE ARE CDE. ENGINEERED FOR YOU
We empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation, laying the foundations for the circular economy.
We help our customers maximise their natural resources in the most sustainable way possible – with greater efficiency and less waste than ever before. Our unparalleled speed and scale are down to our proximity to our customers and our deep understanding of their challenges. Our track record of proven solutions consistently meets our customers’ needs precisely, operating in challenging environments from the Arctic to the Equator.
Wet processing is our sole focus –our experience and expertise is unmatched in this field.
Every day, in everything we do, we strive to do it right. We want to be the best at what we do and deliver the maximum benefit for our customers. We pull together, as a team, in pursuit of this common cause. Our “Customer for Life” mentality fortifies each of our projects, with CDE engineers delivering continuous, limitless support.
Company Culture
We recognise that it is our people that have established CDE as market leader in developing solutions for the wet processing industry both within natural materials processing and waste recycling sectors.
OUR PURPOSE IS TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME.
To do that, we must continue to build our global team by adding the most ambitious, driven and talented people. We will challenge you, elevate you and broaden your horizons. We will help you to be the best you can be both personally and professionally.
We are renowned for our energy and can do attitude…. and at times seemingly delivering the impossible. We also know that all the will in the world won’t take us anywhere unless we work together. And we like to have fun together - life’s too short and we spend most of it at work. If we lose the power to laugh, we lose the power to think.
We will continue to add the most dynamic, ambitious and talented individuals to the CDE team.
Company Benefits
Health insurance, Vacation, Paid time off, Retirement plan and/or pension, Employee development programs, A diversity program, Opportunity to travel, Free parking, Cycle to work, Referral bonus, Open office, Competitive salary, Long service recognition, Free parking or Discounted parking , Employee Assistance Scheme, Wellbeing Scheme, Work With Charities, Social Opportunities, Employee Recognition Scheme, Hybrid Working, Culture of recognition, On the job learning, Progression opportunities, Access to Health & Wellbeing app, Bereavement leave, Long service awards, Service recognition increases to annual leave, Staff celebration events
Salary
Starting from £30,000.00 per year
