Job Summary
The Buyer will play a crucial role in managing existing and new suppliers of materials, negotiating agreements, and forecasting price trends to ensure continuity of raw materials. They will work closely with all departments to ensure regular flow of materials as required by production, plant projects, and customer demands.
Key Responsibilities
1. Manage existing and new suppliers of materials, negotiating and developing agreements with suppliers and the forecasting of price trend & impact on future activities.
2. Ensure continuity of raw materials, effectively communicating with relevant stakeholders any potential supply, demand or scheduling issues that would impact on the company, with recommendations for resolution.
3. Cooperate with all departments to ensure regular flow of materials as required by production, plant projects and customer demands.
4. Manage all Direct Material spend ensuring value is optimised.
5. Review and approve purchasing requests.
6. Manage day-to-day purchasing activities for all Direct Material to ensure purchases are made at