Engineering Buyer

Do you have experience purchasing?

Have you worked within engineering/ manufacturing?

We’re looking to recruit an Engineering Buyer for a specialist manufacturer based in Chorley. You will work in a procurement office and will play a key part in the full purchasing process from order to invoice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Importing BOMs and management of BOM updates and engineering change requires to ensuring that purchasing is in line with latest project revisions.
• Identification and reconciliation of procurement requirements for projects from BOMs.
• Preparation of requests for quotation. (RFQs)
• Review of quotations and issues of purchase orders along with engineering drawings and product specification.
• Purchasing of mechanical, electrical and pneumatic components.
• Progressing of purchase orders to ensure purchasing schedules meet project requirements.
• Perform other duties as required by the Procurement Manager.

Requirements

• 2 years buying experience within the engineering/ manufacturing industry.
• Basic understanding of the buying process from order to invoice.
• Computer literate, fundamental that individual can use word and excel to create unaided written correspondence and mange spreadsheets.
• Numeracy and literary skills, ability to produce professional written correspondence and understand and compare supplier quotations etc.
• Self-motivated, able to work without constant management support.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal with confident telephone manner.
• Ability to interact with both suppliers and departments with confidence and a collaborative approach to working with colleagues.

Salary

• £22-24,000 pa
• 25 days holiday
• Free Parking on site
• Hours: Mon – Thurs 08:30 – 17:00, Friday 08:30 – 14:30

To apply for the role of Engineering Buyer, feel free to give Craig a call at GPW Recruitment on 01744 452043/ 07391869488 or please click apply now