Buyer

Buyer Location: Sandwich Salary: £29,000 £33,000 (dependent on experience) Contract: Permanent Looking for your next move in engineering procurement? Our client is looking for a commercially minded Buyer to join their Operations team in Sandwich. This is a varied purchasing role within an engineering environment, offering the opportunity to work closely with suppliers and internal teams to ensure materials and services are sourced efficiently, competitively and in line with business requirements. You''ll play an important part in the procurement process, from sourcing suppliers and negotiating costs through to placing orders, monitoring deliveries and reviewing supplier performance. Working alongside Engineering, Quality and other departments, you''ll help ensure the business has the right materials available at the right time and at the right cost. If you have a background in engineering or manufacturing procurement, enjoy building supplier relationships and are confident managing multiple priorities, this could be an excellent next step. What will you be doing? Sourcing materials and services, obtaining competitive quotations and negotiating with suppliers. Preparing and issuing RFQs and RFIs, reviewing responses and comparing costs to support purchasing decisions. Raising and managing purchase orders and purchase requisitions, ensuring requirements are accurately recorded. Working with Engineering to assess supplier suitability and with Quality to monitor supplier ..... full job details .....