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Junior Buyer
Job Posted: 25 days ago
Salary: £ 28,000/Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Thame, Oxfordshire
Expire in: 2 days
Job Description
Trainee Buyer
Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 dependent on experience
20 days leave (plus bank holidays) increasing to 25 over 5 years.
Pension scheme.
Laboris Solutions are pleased to be working with a loyal client who are looking to take on a Trainee Buyer due to growth. They have a busy Procurement department who purchase all the materials and hire any equipment needed to complete their projects. Last year, they purchased around £8,000,000 of materials and spent over £1,250,000 hiring in equipment.
They're currently looking for a focused and enthusiastic Trainee Buyer to help us grow the department. This office-based role’s primary focus is to support the Procurement Buyers, ensuring departmental policies and procedures are adhered to. The position is fast paced and requires excellent communication, administration and problem-solving skills.
Hours: Full-time. Monday to Thursday 8.00am – 4.30pm/Friday 8.00am – 4.00pm
Key Responsibilities:
The key responsibilities for the role can be broken down into four main areas.
Suppliers
* On-boarding new suppliers.
* Maintaining supplier records and communications.
* Escalating any supplier performance issues to the Procurement Buyers/Procurement Manager for review and action.
* Working directly with suppliers regarding product, quality and service issues as required for career development.
Procurement Operations
* Processing Purchase Orders (POs) through Xero and Costtracker software
* Tracking order delivery timelines and communicating these to the site teams
* Executing Requests for Quotations (RFQs) as instructed by the Procurement Buyers.
* Carrying out routine tasks such as invoice reconciliation, system filing and meeting administration.
* Manage inhouse stock holding, including dealing with related stock requests and stock-taking of product on a rolling basis, liaising with the Logistics Supervisor.
Compliance
* Organising and filing documentation in line with company processes using Procore software and Sharepoint.
* Completing compliance information & audit documents in relation to maintaining ISO 9001 accreditation.
Cost Management
* Compiling cost data from supplier base and maintaining this data to ensure the most commercial information is available
* Compiling spend data through CostTracker system to facilitate ongoing supplier performance reviews.
* Conducting basic supplier research to ensure Vertec maintains an agile, flexible supplier base across all of its product areas.
You will also be responsible for answering in-coming calls to the general office as part of a wider team.
What you’ll bring:
* Proficient with all Microsoft 365 apps.
* Excellent organisational and communication skills.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* You should be meticulous and accurate with excellent attention to detail.
* Ability to problem solve.
* The ability to manage conflicting priorities and demands in a high-pressured work environment.
* Ability to keep calm and work well under pressureBefore You Apply
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