Buyer

Role:� ��� � �Buyer
Duration:� 6-9 months
Rate:� � � � � �18.00 - �20.50 p/h + holidays
Based:� � � �Stonehouse, Glos. GL10
SUMMARY
Purchases materials according to required technical specifications, price, delivery schedule, and terms. Ensures purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifies new suppliers in cooperation with the relevant category team.
• Qualifies new suppliers in cooperation with Supplier Quality and Engineering Specialists.
• Negotiates agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews price lists and terms and conditions.
• Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs.
• Recommends frame agreements to management and executes upon approval.
• Analyse and evaluates bids.
• Supports bid and proposal teams.
• Tracks goods received to verify appropriate delivery and ensure invoice processing.
• Oversees supplier performance.
• Initiates Purchase Orders (PO) in the system and confirms delivery with suppliers. Monitor, and tracks supplier performance.
• Aligns supplier orders with customer requirements in line with delivery, sustainability, and price.
• Ensure the SAP Ariba platform is updated as defined in the procedure.

Skills�& Experience

• Budget & Performance Management
• Strategy Implementation
• Data Analysis & Reporting
• Customer Satisfaction
• Order Handling
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Procurement

The Company:
Our client is an Engineering Services company, who are an international technical consultancy, providing a range of services to operate, asset management, manufacturing improvement to customers in the chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and consumer industries worldwide.
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.