Assistant Buyer
Posted a week ago by TVS SCS
Job Description:
- Support the implementation of procurement strategies to assist in business growth, increased margins and cost saving initiatives.
- Assist in the strategic purchasing input and support to Business Development team.
- Support SRM activities to drive commodity strategies creation and cost reduction plans.
- Identify and develop new supply chains as required to support business objectives.
- Contribute to producing commercial modelling and pricing proposals for bid submissions.
- Maintaining close working relationships with the Client and Account/Business Development Managers.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Supplier relationship management.
- Analysis of product item information and cleansing of excel data to enable request for quotation to be created.
- Creation of quotations, emailing suppliers and expediting quotations to meet tight deadlines.
- Interpreting supplier quotations and requesting any missing information.
- Data inputting of large volume of pricing into commercial excel documents, ensuring information is complete and accurate.
- Taking ownership of tasks through to completion
- Providing actionable summary information to the buyers
- Assist the buyers in ensuring client requests are dealt with in a timely manner.
- Support the operational supply function with problem resolution.
- Develop value adding relationships with cross functional departments and suppliers.
- Maintain the day to day running of the purchasing process ensuring compliance and efficiency across the business.
- Identification of process improvements.
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience:
- Confident and effective communicator to all stakeholders.
- Computer literacy, especially strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and able to analyse data.
- Strong administration skills.
- Proactive and self-driven.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Ability to work to strict deadlines and prioritise workload accordingly.
- Ability to follow work instructions and processes.
- Commercial awareness.
- Commercial analysis.
- Professional and ethical in approach.
- Results driven.
- Experience in dealing with suppliers and customers.
- Customer Focused.
- Previous experience in a fast-paced purchasing department.
- Astute in decision making / exercising judgement.
- Experience building supplier relationships.
- Strong team ethic.
- Full driving licence and willingness to travel.
Please note TVS Supply Chain Solutions is an Equal Opportunities Employer
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- N/A
- Contact Name:
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- Job Reference:
- BH1117
- Job ID:
- 221683720
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