Autograph Recruitment Ltd
Buyer
Coleford
Full-time, Permanent
Competitive Salary
The Opportunity
Are you an experienced Buyer looking for your next challenge within a thriving manufacturing environment?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and supportive purchasing team where you'll play a key role in ensuring the smooth procurement of materials, building strong supplier partnerships and supporting the successful delivery of customer projects.
This is more than just a purchasing role – you'll have the opportunity to influence supplier performance, negotiate the best commercial outcomes and contribute to the continued success of a globally recognised manufacturer. If you're commercially minded, organised and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
What You'll Be Doing
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, ensuring they consistently deliver on quality, cost and service.
- Source materials and negotiate the best commercial terms to achieve value for the business.
- Raise and manage purchase orders, ensuring materials are delivered on time to meet production schedules.
- Carry out supplier evaluations and desktop audits to support a robust and reliable supply chain.
- Manage supplier agreements, confidentiality agreements, order acknowledgements and resolve invoice queries efficiently.
- Negotiate supplier price increases in line with company procedures.
- Work closely with internal departments to support project delivery and provide accurate lead times and product information for quotations.
- Ensure purchasing activities remain compliant with company policies and procedures.
About You
You'll be a confident and proactive Buyer who enjoys building relationships and thrives in a busy manufacturing environment.
You'll also have:
- Previous Buying or Purchasing experience within manufacturing or engineering.
- Experience with cost analysis and budget management.
- ERP system experience (desirable).
- Strong negotiation and communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
- High attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
- The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
Next Steps
If you're looking for a role where you can make a real impact and continue developing your purchasing career, we'd love to hear from you.
Click Apply today to submit your CV for consideration.
Alternatively, contact Holly Williams on or email .
Get in touch today – we'd love to hear from you!
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