Buyer - Commercial Purchasing

Buyer

Indirect/Commercial Purchasing

Location: Gloucestershire

Contract: 8 months + - Immediate or short notice availability preferred

The Company:
A leading aerospace/defence client, specialising in the design, development and manufacture of high integrity systems and components.

The Role:
The Buyer will be responsible for conducting purchasing activity across a number of Indirect/Commercial categories. Utilising your strong, hands-on buying background you will be managing the request for quotation (RFQ) processes and liaising directly with suppliers in order to negotiate cost effective purchasing solutions, contractual terms and agreements. The Buyer must possess an excellent interrogative knowledge of SAP and be comfortable in raising, processing and expediting purchase orders. In addition you may be tasked with purchasing project related work in line with company procurement objectives.

The Buyer must be confident working is a busy purchasing department where they will be challenged to participate in buying activity across a number of categories.
Indirect, non-production experience negotiating commercial terms and contractual issues on framework agreements is essential. A robust functional knowledge of SAP is required alongside experience in conducting purchasing analysis with Excel (Pivot Tables, V Lookups). CIPS qualifications or training are advantageous, but not essential.

Technical: Buyer, Purchasing, Procurement, SAP, Indirect, Commercial, Agreement, Framework, Contracts, RFQ, RFP, RFI, Purchase Order, PO, Supplier

Commutable: South West, Cheltenham, Tewksbury, Gloucester, Swindon, Bristol.