As Buyer, you will be required to obtain the best value for the company’s procurement activities.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Purchasing and expediting of company’s requirements.
• Receiving requests for procurement and clarifying and understanding requirements through interaction and communication with the business lines.
• Obtaining quotes from suppliers, analysing and clarifying where appropriate.
• Sourcing materials and services for business line operation and project.
• Ensuring full compliance and understanding of the company ERP system.
• Providing requester with quotes, make recommendations on best quote/supplier to use and highlight any risks identified with supplier’s offers.
• Whenever possible ensure that the company’s terms and conditions of purchase are utilised.
• Ensuring any purchase are in line with Supplier Frame Agreements.
• Expediting as and when required, to ensure suppliers adhere to price, delivery and any other PO commitments.
• Data inputting of purchasing requirements on PO to allow accurate analysis.
• Allocating cost codes to appropriate cost centres.
• Participating in supplier reviews and audits.
• Identifying opportunities and delivering cost savings across all procurement activity.
• Negotiating best value with suppliers.
• Replenishing, monitoring and controlling of company stock, reviewing stock levels, spend patterns and taking appropriate actions.
• Reviewing spend data for specific commodity and/or item types and make recommendations for action to the Procurement Team Lead.
• Maintaining the company Approved Vendor List.
• Assisting with maintenance of price lists and take action on proposed price list increases.
• Ensuring any invoice referrals are promptly resolved.

Applicants to this role require:

• Previous purchasing experience.
• CIPS qualification (not essential).
• Ability to identify the best approach from a number of options.
• Ability to demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to demonstrate a calm and systematic approach.
• Ability to perform most tasks with minimum supervision.

TMM Recruitment INDSCC