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BUYER
BASED LIVINGSTON – SALARY EXCELLENT £32,000 TO £38,0000 PLUS BENS (HYBRID WORKING)

Based in Livingston, ESS Recruit’s client comprises of a group of European companies engaged in the design, development, manufacture and distribution of analytical systems, life science equipment and laboratory instruments with operations dating a number of years.  They design, develop, supply and support Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry product lines for a range of markets including forensics, food quality, environmental, pharma and life sciences.  The company maintains a global infrastructure to support sales around the world.  Reporting to the Procurement Manager in this role you will have a varied workload:
  
Key Responsibilities:  

• Coordinate sourcing activities with the R&D team & manufacturing departments to acquire material and services in a cost effective and timely manner for certain commodities
• Deliver lowest Total Cost to meet margin requirements for the commodity managed based on product priorities
• Optimize commodity spending and provide targeted annual savings
• Perform financial analysis such as NPV, ROI or Total Cost evaluations
• Develop and maintain new supply sources. Conduct quarterly business reviews with key vendors and evaluate assigned performance
• Process and monitor Purchase Requisitions and Identify and resolve inconsistencies
• Analyse and optimise relevant master data in ERP system.
• Manage supplier conformance to the contract and to the expectations of performance to quality, delivery, quantity, service, and cost reduction
• Perform root cause analysis to avoid recurring problems
• Analyse and evaluate delivery problems and implement corrective actions
• Place, monitor and reschedule open purchase orders to meet production demand
• Discuss with R&D and Manufacturing for the best solutions on vendor critical key components
• Creates and update records of vendor master data
• Process and return non-conforming material to the vendor. Implement preventive and corrective actions  

You should have relevant education and experiences in a similar role as a Procurement professional and be familiar with eProcurement solutions and with ISO/TQM procedures.  Alongside this you’ll need excellent computer skills; MS Office proven and excellent communications skills and the ability to resolve problems that the supplier may encounter.
  
The scale and variety of opportunities and technology to work on makes an exciting opportunity in Central Scotland.  A highly competitive salary and benefits / bonus package tailored to your experience is on offer for the right candidate.  Hours of work 37.5 hours per week. The Company operates a flexible working week with hybrid working also possible.  The chance to be part of something truly unique makes this too good to refuse.  Please send your CV to our retained recruitment partner Katie Hydes at ESS Recruit.