Buyer

Buyer

Coleford

Full-time, Permanent

Competitive Salary

The Opportunity

Are you an experienced Buyer looking for your next challenge within a thriving manufacturing environment?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and supportive purchasing team where you'll play a key role in ensuring the smooth procurement of materials, building strong supplier partnerships and supporting the successful delivery of customer projects.

This is more than just a purchasing role – you'll have the opportunity to influence supplier performance, negotiate the best commercial outcomes and contribute to the continued success of a globally recognised manufacturer. If you're commercially minded, organised and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, ensuring they consistently deliver on quality, cost and service.


• Source materials and negotiate the best commercial terms to achieve value for the business.


• Raise and manage purchase orders, ensuring materials are delivered on time to meet production schedules.


• Carry out supplier evaluations and desktop audits to support a robust and reliable supply chain.


• Manage supplier agreements, confidentiality agreements, order acknowledgements and resolve invoice queries efficiently.


• Negotiate supplier price increases in line with company procedures.


• Work closely with internal departments to support project delivery and provide accurate lead times and product information for quotations.


• Ensure purchasing activities remain compliant with company policies and procedures.

You'll be a confident and proactive Buyer who enjoys building relationships and thrives in a busy manufacturing environment.

You'll also have:

• Previous Buying or Purchasing experience within manufacturing or engineering.


• Experience with cost analysis and budget management.


• ERP system experience (desirable).


• Strong negotiation and communication skills.


• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.


• High attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.


• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office.


• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a real impact and continue developing your purchasing career, we'd love to hear from you.

Click Apply today to submit your CV for consideration.

Alternatively, contact Holly Williams on or email .

Get in touch today – we'd love to hear from you!

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