Buyer; Temporary

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For over 140 years our products have helped ensure the safe, reliable operations of key industries. With a passion for precision and partnership, Celeros Flow Technology continues this heritage of high performance and dependability, providing mission critical, sustainable flow control solutions for our customers around the globe.

Celeros Flow Technology is looking for individuals with a voice and a vision. We embrace change, diversity and promote new ways of looking at old ideas. We seek talented professionals to join our world-class team of innovators in a global, collaborative & multi-cultural environment, where you will be challenged, supported, and inspired to be extraordinary.

The role of Buyer will be to deliver, on time, quality components that meet standards and to ensure all commodities purchased are within target pricing and savings are maximised. They will be responsible to source, select, negotiate, and purchase all commodities for the Copes Vulcan range.

They will also be required to manage client supply chains in support of internal/external Customer requirements and support appropriate metrics and reporting as required by the business and assist in the process to manage and carry out vendor analysis and provide recommendations for source selection in support of bid and proposal activities, procurement and as needed to support the business.

• Full account management of key strategic subcontractors including operational purchasing and performance improvement, contract governance and relationship management across all functions.
• Assist in the source of new vendors, resolves conflicts concerning materials or services at the department and vendor levels; keeps in constant contact with appropriate personnel to ensure satisfactory operations; coordinates returns and/or repairs of products; monitors changes, modifications, and technological advances that affect the purchasing of goods and services. Actions all Non-Conformance Reports (NCR) and Engineering Change Notification (ECN) within Supply Chain.
• Reviews, evaluates, and monitors department purchase requisitions for proper authorisation, specifications, and legal compliance; takes responsibility for procuring appropriate items or services; creates and reviews purchase orders; research and resolves receiving and accounts payable issues; inputs, edits, and retrieves purchasing data; disburses and maintains files related to purchase orders and purchasing. Ensures delivery of all components within lead time and budget, in line with the required delivery date by operations and for revenue and cash billing milestones..
• Provide detailed analysis against these criteria, comparing vendor’s costs and other attributes.
• Continuous Improvement of On-Time Delivery and quality performance of key Project subcontractors also work closely with the management team to set policy on vendors and the method of selection.
• Assist in the development and management of procurement strategies, benchmarking of key commodities and undertakes supply chain research to ensure Copes Vulcan purchasing power is maximised and all commodities are purchased within budget and material savings are maximised.
• Assist in the implementation of operational and strategic procurement, process improvements and introduction of best practice procurement and supply chain management techniques
• Support Bid and Proposal activities as required.

• Good relationships with suppliers to deliver on time quality products to key projects and to ensure projects are within budget and savings are realised. Slippage in on-time delivery leads to lateness in project…