Engineering Buyer

Role: Buyer Site Location: Cheltenham Rate: Up to £40 per hour via Umbrella (Inside IR35) Duration: 12-month contract Manage the buying process for a given set of goods.
Apply sourcing policy, interface between supplier and entity with respect to specifications and budgets.
Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team.
Focused on execution of standard enabling activities/provision of advice subject to policy and work routines within an enabling discipline.
There may be some latitude to rearrange the sequence to complete task/duties based on changing situations.
Roles and Responsibilities Place and follow-up on POs.
Manage relationships with suppliers for PO execution.
Manage problems and schedule changes.
Update ERP.
Broadening knowledge of theories, practices and procedures in own discipline to execute functional policy/strategy; still developing functional knowledge and skills.
Basic understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work.
Good understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
May have some autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework.
Resolves issues in situations that require good knowledge and judgment within established procedures.
Consults more senior team members for issues outside of defined policy/parameters.
A job at this level requires good interpersonal skills.