Engineering Buyer

Hybrid : 3 days in office, 2 days from home

Salary : $70,000 - $80,000

Benefits : To be confirmed

Growing engineering services business headquartered in Europe. Position is due to expansion and planned future growth.

We are looking for people who are able to bring strategic thinking to a procurement and purchasing function ; this is not merely an order placing, transactional role.

As well as managing a number of existing suppliers, you will be involved with assessing potential new suppliers for quality, cost and deliverable standards. Current spend is in the order of $15 million and this will be split between 2 Engineering Buyers

Experience of engineered products, precision machined components or very similar is highly desirable. This may be for a variety of industries including automotive, medical, aviation and aerospace, general manufacturing or similar.

You will bring strong relationship management skills, enabling you to manage your supply chain to ensure continued performance of delivery and capacity of growth for the future

You will be proficient with MRP systems, able to create and place purchase orders in line with forecast demand. At the same time you will analyse demand forecasts to ensure adequate stock supply to meet customers needs.

Numerate, you will be able to assess value for money, profit and loss

You will be able to identify risks, opportunities, market trends and history to assess suppliers capabilities

Working with quality, you will ensure that all suppliers remain compliant and working to industry standards

You will have experience of, or be prepared to train in supplier audits, evaluation and measurement

You will self-motivated, enthusiastic and keen to make a difference

The role will be based in San Antonio, Texas but will require you to be flexible to travel throughout the USA and Canada when needed (infrequent) to carry out supplier assessments and audits