Procurement Specialist (Materials Buyer)
Belfast
Up to £35000 DOE | Bonus | Westfield Health | Flexible Hours/ wfh options | 25 days annual leave + stats & more
We are delighted to have been awarded an exclusive contract to recruit permanent procurement and supply chain specialists for a rapidly growing telecommunications company. Having secured a number of high-profile contracts and investments to connect Northern Ireland's homes and businesses to high-speed broadband, these are exciting and unique opportunities to help mold a business and to have a real voice in how things are done.
Are you working in a role where you no longer feel challenged, and long for something new to get your teeth into? Maybe you successfully carried out your job from home during the pandemic, but now your line manager is insisting you go back into the office every day? (sigh!) Pehaps you feel "stuck" in your company with no training, development or promotion opportunities? Or is it that you love "fixing things" and the idea of creating and building something from the ground up excites you? If you answered YES to any of these and you have relevant buying experience, exceptional ability, love what you do and want to make a real investment in your career in a mission-driven company experiencing rapid growth, you're the type of person my client is looking for.
The Materials Buyer will join a forward-thinking company with a culture focused on collaboration, growth and flexibility. My client is proud to invest in their people, offering employees benefits that improve their personal lives as well as their careers! This, along with competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package including 25 days annual leave plus stats, mental health workshops, professional development support and private healthcare make this one of the hottest buyer jobs in the market right now!
Duties and Responsibilities - Materials Buyer
The successful Materials will join a fast-paced department and help introduce, roll out and embed scaleable procurement processes and procedures. Reporting to the Director of Procurement and working directly alongside the finance and operation teams, duties and responsibilities will include:
- Generating Purchase Orders to ensure on-time delivery of build materials to meet project demands
- Negotiating pricing and lead times for materials
- Evaluation and negotiation of agreements in line with procurement procedures
- Monitoring PO commitments and inventory levels against forecast requirements
- Monitoring business trends and product availability to pay the best price for company goods and services without sacrificing quality or delivery times
- Managing supplier relationships to optimise cost, quality and operational efficiency and assess potential alternative suppliers
- Introduce improvements to the forward planning process to highlight potential supplier capacity constraints
- Ensuring support for overall company direction and growth
- Ensure risks and issues are identified in a timely manner and actively mitigated.
Criteria - Procurement Specialist
In order to be considered for this job, you should be able to demonstrate 3 - 5 years of relevant procurement experience from a complex, procurement environment. Your experience should include managing and conducting core procurement plans. In addition, you will be able to demonstrate:
- Outstanding supplier management skills
- Ability to work cooperatively with and influence internal stakeholders
- Proven experience of running a full life cycle procurement process to identify ideal suppliers
- Demonstrable experience that highlights you are a confident negotiator who is commercially aware
- Detail driven with the ability and flexibility to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Highly competent in utilising data to drive decision making and trend analysis
Desirable
- Procurement qualification CIPS/ IIPMM or equivalent
- Experience working with ERP system (transactional inputting & accurate reporting)
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, reporting, ERP systems
- Experience of implementing procurement best practices in a related environment
How do I apply?
Interested candidates who are meeting the criteria for this position should register and upload their updated CV without delay via this advert. Please note that we are the only agency authorised to work on these positions, my client will not accept CV's from any other agency.
If you would like to discuss your suitability for this position, or if you have any questions regarding the vacancy, please do give me, Kelly Jennings, a call.
Please note that only candidate CVs who are meeting the minimum criteria will be considered. A permanent, UK work visa is required and eligibility to work in the UK will be checked at the shortlisting stage of this position.