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Indirect Buyer
April 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Indirect Buyer
Indirect Buyer
£35,000 to £40,000 + Benefits
6-month FTC
Warrington
Ingevity provides specialty chemicals and high-performance carbon materials and technologies that purify, protect and enhance the world around us. Through a team of talented and experienced people, Ingevity develops, manufactures and brings to market products and processes that help customers solve complex problems. These products are used in a variety of demanding applications, including asphalt paving, oil exploration and production, agrochemicals, adhesives, lubricants, publication inks and automotive components that reduce gasoline vapor emissions.
Bold. Energetic. Ingenious. Genuine. These qualities best describe employees who work for Ingevity. We believe it takes extraordinary people to create extraordinary results.
At Ingevity, we harness the bold spirit, innate curiosity and remarkable ingenuity of our people to develop innovations that purify, protect and enhance the world around us. Our products enable oil to flow better, crops to grow fuller, roads last longer, and ensure that the air we all breathe is cleaner.
Reporting to the Engineering Manager, with daily instruction from the Indirect Sourcing Lead, the ideal candidate will be CIPS qualified, have a proven background in Procurement with strong commercial awareness and ideally with manufacturing experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide purchasing assistance for the Plant through Coupa & SAP
- Monitor live Purchase Orders - Confirm and expedite with suppliers where necessary to stick to required delivery time
- Complete goods receipts for items/services received, keeping a record of delivery notes
- Assist with new vendor set up, working with stakeholders and master data team
- Assist with deliveries to site and the Ingevity Main Office
- Assist with RFQ's, RFP's and bid evaluations for all indirect sourcing requirements
- Review received quotes and ensure technical review is completed
- Assist with indirect spend invoice queries in Coupa and ensure timely invoice payments for suppliers
- Support the correct filing of all documentation for procurement in the relevant SharePoint folders
- Support proactive contract management for Indirect spend
- Support proactive supplier relationship management by keeping approved suppliers list up to date
- Work with the Indirect Sourcing Lead to guide the wider team on site to meet Global Sourcing cost saving KPIs
What you'll need to succeed:
- 3 A Levels or equivalent
- Degree level education or equivalent is preferable
- Ideally CIPS qualified
- Experience in a buyer role
- Proven background in Procurement with strong commercial awareness, manufacturing experience is preferred
- SAP experience is essential
- Strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills
- Able to prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure, fast paced environment
- Advanced Microsoft Office suite skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and O365
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Our outstanding benefits package includes 27 days holiday (plus public holidays), an appealing contributory pension scheme, private medical insurance, employee assistance & wellbeing programme, plus a range of other subsidised benefits and employee value initiatives.
Along with the above, we provide and pride ourselves on our organisational culture and working environment - providing a people-centric, lifestyle-balance approach. The work can be intense and incredibly fast-moving; however, we provide several great working practices and a fully supportive, employee-engaging and inclusive environment.
Interested? We thought you might be, and we're so glad you want to help us shape the future of Ingevity in the UK. Apply Now!