Job Title: Buyer
Location: Blackpool
Salary: Competitive depending on experience
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
About us:
Glasdon UK Limited is part of the Glasdon Group with companies in Europe and the United States and is a market leader in the design, marketing, and supply of environmental and safety products.
The relationships we hold with our worldwide group of suppliers is important to us and maintaining these positive relationships in a progressive and ethical manner is testament to our success over the past 65 years.
About the role:
An exciting, challenging and rewarding long-term career opportunity has arisen for an experienced Buyer to join our existing purchasing and stock control functions at Glasdon UK Limited, Blackpool.
If you have a genuine desire to succeed and wish to join a progressive company, with excellent career opportunities and benefits then look no further!
The successful candidate with be provided with full and comprehensive training, we are keen to support the professional development of the successful candidate via CIPS study and qualification.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Control of a multi-million-pound stock holding across multiple warehouse facilities.
- Develop supplier relationships.
- Liaison with a wide range of suppliers within the UK and overseas manufacturing sectors.
- Supplier negotiations.
- Day to day support within the busy Purchasing and Stock Control departments.
- Inter-departmental liaison with all departments within the Company.
- Demand forecasting and inventory planning.
- Collaboration with the in-house supply chain (Research and Development, Product Design, QA and Sales).
- Processing of Purchasing Requisitions.
- Stock management using an in-house commercial system.
About you:
- Have a genuine interest in procurement practices.
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
- Self-motivated, confident, and proactive.
- Commercially aware.
- An effective team player.
- Knowledge of the supply chain process.
- Be familiar with commercial computer systems.
- Good IT, literacy, numerical and analytical skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- University Degree (2.1 or above).
- CIPS qualified or willing to undergo study support towards a CIPS qualification.
Benefits:
- 33 days paid holiday (rising to 38 depending on length of service).
- Buy/sell up to 5 days holiday each year.
- Holidays can be booked flexibly in 30-minute blocks.
- Company related performance bonuses.
- Company final salary pension scheme after a minimum of two years’ service.
- Pension through NEST within 3 months of start date.
- Life insurance after a minimum of two years’ service.
- Private health insurance scheme after a minimum of one years’ service.
- Health cashback plan.
- Company sick pay scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- Compassionate leave
- Relocation support loans.
- Long service awards.
- Subsidised on-site café/social space.
- Free on-site parking.
- Special occasion gifts.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- On-site Gym and changing facilities.
- Team building activities / days.
- Flexitime work pattern.
- Company events.
- At cost on-site electric vehicle charging points.
- Paid charity days.
- Charity fundraising events.
- Social activities.
- Promotion opportunities
- Skills development.
- Professional study support.
- Comprehensive training programmes
Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Purchasing, Procurement, Back Orders, Batch Quantity, Management, Manufacturing, Stock & Inventory Control, Supply Chain, Negotiation, CIPS, 5S, Ordering, Requisitions, Six-Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Bill of Materials (BOM), Commercial Systems, Auditing, ISO, Kaizen, Supplier Relationship Management and Total Quality Management (TQM) may also be considered
The Glasdon Group of Companies is an equal opportunities employer.
