Senior Buyer

Job Title: Senior Buyer

Location: Dunfermline,Scotland

Salary: Up to £45,000 – D.O.E

Job type: Full time – 39 hours Monday to Thursday 7:30am – 4:30pm and Friday 07:30am to 12:30pm.

Farid Hillend Engineering is one of the major manufacturers and providers of waste collection vehicles, recycling collection vehicles and container washers in the UK and Europe. Farid Hillend Engineering, recognised for product quality and service worldwide, provide comprehensive sales and service solutions, utilising modern technology, to the ever-changing waste collection sectors of the waste management industry.

Our corporate ethos continues to be on customer need and satisfaction with vehicles being built to exacting customer specification and exemplary after-sales service. We are a growing manufacturing company based in Dalgety Bay that offers our employees excellent rewards. Winners of the Excellence in Innovation Awards, Farid Hillend Engineering were recognised as one of the top 10 forward-thinking innovators of 2019.

The Role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Purchasing Department as a Senior Buyer.

Main Responsibilities Include:

• Successfully negotiate purchasing contracts, price and delivery to ensure optimal performance, costs and payment terms.
• Assist with regular re-negotiations of terms of business/service agreements and performance evaluation with suppliers, taking corrective action as required.
• Manage and continuously review the Purchase order system (MRP) to ensure it is accurate, up to date and consistently meets the requirements of the business.
• Manage suppliers to ensure on-time delivery, quality, quantity, cost of material and supplies.
• Manage deliveries against schedule and take appropriate action on late or mis-delivered stock in line with Inventory targets.
• Assist production in maintaining inventory at planned levels.
• Timely and effective communication of forecasts and Purchase orders.
• Continually review the total acquisition value offered by existing suppliers and ensure the company’s purchasing remains globally competitive.
• Interfacing between engineering, production planning operation teams, finance and service.
• Developing internal and external relationships.
• Procuring a range of commodity items for specific projects.
• Utilising contract management tools.
• Management of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Personal Attributes:

• To be a positive ambassador for the business.
• To be able to make critical decisions, taking the initiative and ensure at all times they are followed through in a timely and professional manner.
• Have can-do attitude.
• To be innovative and creative in problem solving and creation of business planning.
• Handling sensitive issues with care and thoughtfulness.
• Demonstrate a positive attitude to new ideas and approaches.
• Able to work with others, communicating and building robust working relationships with other departments and people across the business.
• To support other members of the team in times of pressure.
• Actively participate in, and contribute to, team meetings, and to carry out agreed action points within the time frame set.
• To handle confrontation when faced with conflict in a professional and calm manner.
• Ensure work is focused upon the needs of the customer.
• Able to accept ownership and accountability for the tasks assigned.
• Have strong personal credibility and be able to use these to influence the operating and financial success of the business.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight schedules.
• Confident and assertive, professional attitude.

Skills & Experience:

• Competent user on Computers and the normal Microsoft Office packages in particular MS Word, MS Excel & MS Outlook.
• Strong organisational and administration skills.
• Ability to set up and manage ‘Purchasing Structure’.
• Excellent commercial awareness skills with the ability to analyse and negotiate total acquisition cost.
• Knowledge of Supply Chain Management.
• Knowledge and experience of managing and implementing JIT systems.
• Stock Management and Raw Materials planning.
• Excellent understanding of efficient materials flow and best practice.
• Experience in dealing with global suppliers.
• Experience of buying within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working within a fast-paced procurement function.
• MRP system experience.
• Possess a proven track record of achieving cost saving targets/objectives and lead-time reductions.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary up to £45,000 D.O.E
• Discretionary bonus payment dependent on personal and Company performance
• Company Pension scheme which also provides Life Insurance and Critical Illness Cover
• 33 annual leave days per annum
• Company sick pay

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: senior buyer, senior negotiator, buyer, head of supplies, Sales Manager, Sales Coordinator, Senior Sales Executive, Business Development Manager, Sales Coordinator, Sales Team Lead, Business Development Lead, Sales Controller, Direct Sales, Key Sales, Business Developer, Senior Sales, Business Development, Sales Development, Business Development Lead, Senior Sales Manager, Sales Account Manager will be considered for this role.