Buyer

1. Personal Integrity and Professional Conduct

• Behave professionally at all times and in line with company culture and standards.
• Act in the company’s best interests at all times.
• Represent the company positively and professionally when dealing with suppliers.
• Communicate clearly and keep stakeholders or interested parties updated on progress with assigned tasks.

1. Supply Base Management

• Manage all aspects of supplier accounts within the buyer’s remit, including RFQs, purchase order placement, expediting, and supplier follow-up.
• Deal promptly with non-conformances and manage supplier returns as required.
• Work with suppliers to organise inbound logistics when required.
• Regularly review EXW versus DDP/DAP Incoterms with larger suppliers to identify opportunities to improve cost, delivery performance, and risk.
• Work with the local supply base to arrange deliveries in preference to collections where practical.
• Identify new or alternative suppliers and alternative components to prevent supply disruption and reduce costs.
• Dual source key components to support continuity of supply and identify cost or lead-time improvement opportunities.
• Support supplier audits and supplier benchmarking activities when required.
• Work proactively with suppliers so they fully support company requirements and production needs.
• Identify long-term, large-scale, or sudden supply shortfalls and price impacts, including those caused by supplier strategy or geopolitical events.
• Manage RTVs for all parts under the buyer’s remit.

1. Internal Customer and Stakeholder Support

• Provide regular supplier updates and feedback to internal customers.
• Actively participate in production and scheduling meetings.
• Highlight known issues proactively; do not wait to be asked.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Support the setup of new suppliers and new components from existing suppliers when required.
• Prepare, review, and support purchasing metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs).

1. ERP System and Data Integrity

• Become a subject matter expert (SME) for the current ERP/software system and any future system.
• Maintain full supply chain-related data integrity within the system.
• Review the system daily to identify additional purchasing requirements.
• Keep purchasing information accurate and up to date, including the latest supplier delivery commitments.
• Ensure corrective action is taken when errors are found in the current or future system.
• Communicate obsolescence risks and supplier-recommended alternatives to Planning and Engineering in a timely manner.

1. Process Improvement

• Participate in process improvement activities when required.
• Identify and highlight process improvements that support company goals or improve operating efficiency, including improvements outside Procurement where relevant. 6.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3–5 years’ relevant purchasing experience, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
• Fluent English is essential.
• I.P.I.C.S. training is preferable.