Assistant Buyer

EO Charging; North East; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000

Job description

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Buyer, the Assistant Buyer will help operationalise procurement across EO Charging.Through placing material and sub-contract orders against operational requisitions, logging and maintaining orders, supporting the administration of sub-contractor details, and managing inventory, the Assistant Buyer will form a key part of a team newly created to support the delivery of projects and support provided by the business.

Key Accountabilities

• Management and migration of inventory data.
• Management of inventory movements to ensure accuracy of inventory records and locations in real time.
• Management of supplier and installer onboarding to support operational teams and B2C activities.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of EO procurement procedures and policy.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies.
• Implementation of supply agreements and assistance in the development and deployment of category management plans.
• Progressing the provision of materials and services to meet contract programmes and deadlines.
• Obtaining quotations for materials and plant to tight deadlines.
• Raising of orders ensuring relevant technical and commercial clauses are included.
• Negotiation with suppliers and sourcing of new suppliers.
• Weekly reporting to the Head of Procurement performance data and statistics around procurement activities.

Key Working Relationships

Internal: Project Managers, Engineers, Commercial, Estimating, Finance and Procurement Team members.

External: Suppliers – for the negotiation and placing of orders

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of negotiating with suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines.
• Computer literate (use of excel and word) and experience of Multiple Purchasing systems.
• Understanding of Inventory control processes

Key Competencies

Procurement process management

Ensuring the effectiveness and continuing development of the procurement process. The application, establishment, and modification of processes, strategies and control procedures involved in procurement activities.

Supply chain/base analysis

Development and implementation of sourcing strategies, including Category Management process. Ensuring all suppliers and subcontractors can deliver to plan and to time.

Finance

Monitor and ensure compliance with Financial and Finance-related policy, and statutory regulations.