Buyer

Buyer Coleford Full-time, Permanent Competitive Salary The Opportunity Are you an experienced Buyer looking for your next challenge within a thriving manufacturing environment? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and supportive purchasing team where you'll play a key role in ensuring the smooth procurement of materials, building strong supplier partnerships and supporting the successful delivery of customer projects. This is more than just a purchasing role – you'll have the opportunity to influence supplier performance, negotiate the best commercial outcomes and contribute to the continued success of a globally recognised manufacturer. If you're commercially minded, organised and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, this could be the perfect next step in your career. What You'll Be Doing • Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, ensuring they consistently deliver on quality, cost and service. • Source materials and negotiate the best commercial terms to achieve value for the business. • Raise and manage purchase orders, ensuring materials are delivered on time to meet production schedules. • Carry out supplier evaluations and desktop audits to support a robust and reliable supply chain. • Manage supplier agreements, confidentiality agreements, order acknowledgements and resolve invoice queries efficiently. • Negotiate supplier price increases in line with company procedures. • Work closely with internal departments to support project delivery and provide accurate lead times and product information for quotations. • Ensure purchasing activities remain compliant with company policies and procedures. About You You'll be a confident and proactive Buyer who enjoys building relationships and thrives in a busy manufacturing environment. You'll also have: • Previous Buying or Purchasing experience within manufacturing or engineering. • Experience with cost analysis and budget management. • ERP system experience (desirable). • Strong negotiation and communication skills. • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines. • High attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving. • Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office. • The ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team. Next Steps If you're looking for a role where you can make a real impact and continue developing your purchasing career, we'd love to hear from you. Click Apply today to submit your CV for consideration. Alternatively, contact Holly Williams on or email . Get in touch today – we'd love to hear from you! #ASRSW