Title: Indirect Buyer
Reports to: Supply Chain/Procurement Manager
Position: 6 Months FTC (Opportunity to go permanent)
Base Location: Droitwich Spa
Contract: Full time onsite
Imagine working at the forefront of innovation in fluid-flow technology, with over 1400 colleagues across the globe, and contributing to a legacy of excellence that spans eight manufacturing facilities on four continents. Armstrong Fluid Technology is more than just a leader in our industry; we are a community of the brightest and most creative minds, driven by a shared mission to engineer the future and safeguard our planet.
As a member of our team, you'll dive into an environment that encourages learning and boundary-pushing every day. You'll be part of an agile and dynamic workplace where today's solutions are built for tomorrow's challenges.
Overview:
The Buyer provides support to the purchasing team ensuring the timely delivery of goods and services.
In addition to annual initiatives, the key accountabilities of this position are:
Buying
- Analyse Material Requirement Planning and issues purchase orders to domestic and international suppliers
- Progress and check order acknowledgements
- Maintain accurate system data for suppliers, lead time, pricing, batch sizes and cost process fields for new items
- Build and develop collaborative relationships with suppliers
- Participate in monthly Key Performance Indicator verification of supplier results and achievements
- Support the procurement Manager in line with the company’s annual purchasing cost reduction strategy.
- Maintain a risk assessment of key suppliers based on supplier quality and delivery performance, supply category and capacity to meet future demand.
- Negotiate competitive with existing and new potential suppliers to obtain competitive prices, lead times and service levels.
- Ensure Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is amended for any variation against standard costs.
Expediate
- Proactively expedite the timely delivery of goods and services to meet business requirements
- Liaise with production planning to provide updates on critical shortages and mitigate any potential delays to meeting customer deadlines.
- Consolidate shipments where possible to reduce both transportation and transactional costs.
- Active involvement in cross-functional teams through interaction with Quality, Production, Goods In, Finance, Engineering and Sales.
- Identify any areas of concern and opportunities for continuous improvement, using 5S and lean principles.
Requirements
- Previous proven experience as a Buyer
- Experience within an engineering, manufacturing and distribution operations in an industrial environment
- Experience working with a Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) system or an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
- Member of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Chain (MCIPS/ CIPS) or working towards this qualification is desirable.
- Creative problem-solving skills, conflict management within different organizations (centralized and matrix organizational structures)
- Strong, team-oriented skills with presence and a bias for action.
- Self-directed with ability to work autonomously and collaboratively and a focus on results.
Soft Skills
- Effective communicator with a collaborative mindset.
- Self-motivated, action-oriented, and capable of working independently or in teams.
- Comfortable working in a global matrix structure.
Why Armstrong Fluid Technology?
By joining us, you’ll become part of a global community dedicated to pushing the boundaries of fluid-flow technology. You’ll have endless opportunities to learn, grow, and make a significant impact on the world. Together, we'll build tomorrow’s solutions today.
